PHP Digest # 186 (August 3 - 17, 2020)

Fresh selection with links to news and materials. In: PHP 8 Beta 1, again on attribute syntax in PHP 8: #[Attr]vs @[Attr], syntax suggestion for BigInt, PHP 8 reviews and many more videos, tools, streams, podcasts.



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News and releases

• PHP 8.0.0 Beta 1 - With the first beta release , the active development phase ends , which means that the list of new features and changes in the 8.0 branch can be considered final. (Except for attribute syntax). The next beta is expected on August 20.
• PHP 7.4.9 , 7.3.21 , 7.2.33 - Security releases of up-to-date branches with a fix for a vulnerability in phar .
• WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” - Finally added auto-update themes and plugins to help make CMS installations safer.

PHP Internals

• [RFC] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change — PHP 8 . , - , 2- .
  
  
  
  Tycon Andre , #[Attr] PHP 7. C , , ?
  
  
  
  @@Attr, #[Attr], <<Attr>> @[Attr]:

  @@ORM\Entity
  @@ORM\Table("user")
  class User
  {
      @@ORM\Id @@ORM\Column("integer") @@ORM\GeneratedValue
      private $id;
  
      @@ORM\Column("string", ORM\Column::UNIQUE)
      @@Assert\Email(["message" => "The email '{{ value }}' is not a valid email."])
      private $email;
  }
  
  #[
    ORM\Entity,
    ORM\Table("user")
  ]
  class User
  {
      #[ORM\Id, ORM\Column("integer"), ORM\GeneratedValue]
      private $id;
  
      #[ORM\Column("string", ORM\Column::UNIQUE)]
      #[Assert\Email(["message" => "The email '{{ value }}' is not a valid email."])]
      private $email;
  }
  
  @[
    ORM\Entity,
    ORM\Table("user")
  ]
  class User
  {
      @[ORM\Id, ORM\Column("integer"), ORM\GeneratedValue]
      private $id;
  
      @[ORM\Column("string", ORM\Column::UNIQUE)]
      @[Assert\Email(["message" => "The email '{{ value }}' is not a valid email."])]
      private $email;
  }
  
  <<
    ORM\Entity,
    ORM\Table("user")
  >>
  class User
  {
      <<ORM\Id, ORM\Column("integer"), ORM\GeneratedValue>>
      private $id;
  
      <<ORM\Column("string", ORM\Column::UNIQUE)>>
      <<Assert\Email(["message" => "The email '{{ value }}' is not a valid email."])>>
      private $email;
  }
  
  @:ORM\Entity
  @:ORM\Table("user")
  class User
  {
      @:ORM\Id @:ORM\Column("integer") @:ORM\GeneratedValue
      private $id;
  
      @:ORM\Column("string", ORM\Column::UNIQUE)
      @:Assert\Email(["message" => "The email '{{ value }}' is not a valid email."])
      private $email;
  }
  

• [RFC] Named Parameters explicit opt in — , .

  //    
  function callBar(Foo $:parameterName) {
      $internalName->bar();
  }
  
  $x = new Foo();
  callBar(parameterName: $x);
  
  //   
  function callBar($externalName) {
      $externalName->bar();
  }
  
  $x = new Foo();
  callBar(externalName: $x); // Error: cannot call function callBar() using parameter $externalName by name.
  

  PHP 8 , 8.1, .
• [Proposal] Bigint shorthand (123n) for GMP objects — RFC.
  
  
  
  PHP JavaScript «n»:

  $theBiggestInt = 9007199254740991n

  
  
  GMP. GMP , , .
• PHP (php -a), PR, . bobthecow/psysh.
• [RFC] PHP Namespace Policy — .

• PHPUnit 9.3 — C PHP 8 Xdebug 3.
• sebastianbergmann/cli-parser — , PHPUnit.
• coduo/php-matcher — , .
• phpfn/phpfn — SerafimArts.
• hidehalo/nanoid-php — PHP- Nanoid — URL- .
• woohoolabs/zen — PSR-11- .
• loophp/collection — .

Symfony

• mrsuh/json-validation-bundle — JSON / json-schema.org.
• Symfony- AWS Lambda
• SSR: ReactJS PHP.

Laravel

• Laravel: .
• Laravel.
• Better Laravel Way — .
• Laravel- (10–16 2020)

• PHP Codeception.
• PHP-.
• PHP.
• Method fossilisation — .
• PHP- .
• KPHPStorm — 7 KPHP. C .
  
  
  
  , KPHP , PhpStorm, .
  
  
  
  github.com/unserialize/kphpstorm.
• PHP — - RFC , .
• Highload PHP: .
• PHP 8: «» «» ( PHP 7.4)
• html- php , .
• php 8 JIT Docker 5

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• PHP 8: Process & fixing insanity — PHP 8 core- George Peter Banyard. , William Pinaud.
• Type Juggling Magic: Why PHP thinks 0 and «password» are the same — , PHP .
• Dutch PHP Conf 2020
• « PHP GO» PHP Go .
• PHP #82: declare(strict_types=1).
• PHP #83: ?
• Voices of the ElePHPant: — - PHP 8 Sara Golemon Garbriel Caruso — .
• PHP Internals News #66 — PHP 8 PHP .
• PHP Internals News #65 — Dan Ackroyd ?-> PHP 8.

• www.elephpant.com - Original blue and pink elephants can be ordered by email to designer Vincent Pontier .
  
  
  
  The grays and blacks are also available at the Symfony shop.symfony.com - now shipping worldwide.
  
  

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