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  • “Catching errors are just ways to gracefully shut down, not like catch exceptions and moving on.” @CalEvans #PHP #WCORL

  • Top three reasons people upgrade their #PHP: speed, security, and (then after those) releases. #WCORL

  • “ #Drupal 8 will drop support for #PHP 5 on March 6, 2019…” twitter.com/Dries/status/1…

  • Interesting: CrawlerDetect is a #PHP class for detecting bots/crawlers/spiders via the user agent github.com/JayBizzle/Craw…

  • The speaker lineup is impressive this year, and I’m honored to be among it. If you’re a #PHP developer check out all the talks – would love to see you at #sunshinePHP in February. twitter.com/SunShinePHP/st…

  • Glide is an open source “easy on-demand” image manipulation library written in #PHP. API is exposed via HTTP. github.com/thephpleague/g…

  • Changes in #PHP 7.3 that #WordPress plugin and theme developers need to be aware of and should accommodate in their code (via @desrosj) make.wordpress.org/core/2018/10/1…

  • Got a WordPress or other #PHP related meetup/event this month? Ask them to find out what #PHP version they are running. If they’re hosts can’t/won’t upgrade them to 7.x, recommend they find a different host. twitter.com/dimensionmedia…

  • Around 62% of all Internet sites will run an unsupported #PHP version in 10 weeks “Popular PHP 5.x branch will stop receiving security updates at the end of the year.” zdnet.com/article/around…

  • If you do #PHP and aren’t familiar with PSR then this might be worth a read: startutorial.com/articles/view/…

  • Hashids is small #PHP library to generate YouTube-like ids from numbers. github.com/ivanakimov/has…

  • WordPress Bundle for Symfony 4.0.X uses WP “as a backend for a #Symfony 4 application” #PHP github.com/wearemetabolis…

  • I’m honored (and dare i say giddy) to say i’ll be speaking at @SunShinePHP in February. Can’t wait to once again spend some time with some great folks from the #PHP community.

  • Jacwright RestServer: #PHP REST server for providing a light-weight REST API. Independent + supports HTTP authentication. github.com/jacwright/Rest…

  • Interesting: Panther is a browser end-to-end testing and web crawling library for #PHP and #symfony github.com/symfony/panther

  • Seems like yesterday #PHP 7.0 was the hottest new thing, now seeing it’s end of life is in 2 months. Insert PHP version/hosting/plugin support debate here. php.net/supported-vers…

  • #PHP developers, if you need a library that’s similar to moment.js that parses, validates, manipulates, and displays dates w/ i18n support: github.com/fightbulc/mome…

  • What’s New in #PHP 7.3 (Beta 2 version was released on August 16) kinsta.com/blog/php-7-3/

  • The #CFP for @SunShinePHP has begun. It’s a great #PHP conference in Miami. I would like to fancy a shot – looking for great topics for a speaker with #WordPress and community background. Suggestions? cfp.sunshinephp.com

  • Interesting: a “Copy/Paste Detector “ (CPD) for #PHP code. github.com/sebastianbergm…

  • “#PHP optimization can provide value in large-scale environments, but first and foremost code should be human readable.” @mlteal #WordSesh

  • easyengine.io is a free tool that installs NGINX, MySQL, Postfix, #PHP 7 and dependencies with a single command, enable @letsencrypt SSL, etc. @mikelittlezed1 #WordSesh

  • RT @schlessera: Another small victory for #PHP usage in #WordPress. Trac #43986 was committed to trunk today: core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43986 This…

  • The Developer’s Guide to #PHP Testing in 2018 (via @hackernoon) hackernoon.com/the-developers…

  • “30 seconds of PHP code” is a curated collection of useful #PHP snippets that you can understand in 30 seconds or less from @sohel_amin github.com/appzcoder/30-s…

  • Big news in the ecommerce / open source space: @Adobe just acquired @Magento (open-source e-commerce platform written in #PHP) for $1.68 B. techcrunch.com/2018/05/21/ado…

  • If you’re a #PHP developer then “Weird operators in PHP” is a nice fun quick look: exakat.io/weird-operator…

  • New #PHP Polyfills in #WordPress 4.9.6 make.wordpress.org/core/2018/05/1…

  • #PHP skeleton @SaraMG #sunPHP18

  • Xdebug is 15 years old. For a #PHP tool, that’s pretty amazing. @derickr #sunphp18