Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP

Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:

• W3 Techs: PHP version 5.3 is now the most used version, just ahead of 5.2
  
• Ben Ramsey: Introducing Array_column() in PHP 5.5
  
• PHPClasses.org: 26 Ways to Show that PHP Can Be Better Than PHP
  
• Chris Jones: Using PHP 5.5's New "Opcache" Opcode Cache
  
• Justin Carmony: First Serious Attempts with PHPUnit, Composer, and the Omniture API
  
• PHPMaster.com: PHP Project Management
  
• Symfony Blog: Symfony Docs Hack Day Needs You on March 30th
  
• PHP.net: PHP 5.5.0 beta1 available
  
• Community News: Latest Releases from PHPClasses.org
  
• Anna Filina: Like Athletes, Developers Need Practice Before Performing
  
• Reddit.com: Good guidance for shifting to OO from Procedural coding
  
• Happy Accidents: Orno Skinny Series Part 1: Building a RESTful API
  
• Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 03.18.2013
  
• Rob Allen: Objects in the model layer
  
• Community News: Lone Star PHP 2013 Announces Schedule & Early Bird Ticket Sales