Community News: Packagist Latest Releases for 03.25.2013

Recent releases from the Packagist:

• uam/datatables-bundle (0.1.0)
  Datatables jquery plubin as a Symfony bundle
  
  
  
• matthimatiker/molcomponents (1.4.5-alpha4)
  Library that contains utility classes and extends the functionality of Zend Framework 1.
  
  
  
• aza/phpgen (v1.1)
  AzaPhpGen - Anizoptera CMF PHP code generation (dump) component. Allows to dump complex arrays, objects, closures and basic data types as php code. In part, this can be called a some sort of serialization. You can customize your dumped php code as you wish.
  
  
  
• experience/map (0.1.0)
  Find the classes behind the facades.
  
  
  
• meenie/munee (1.5.5)
  PHP 5.3 Asset Optimisation - Smart Caching, On-The-Fly Image Resizing, On-the-fly LESS, SASS, CoffeeScript Compiling, and CSS & JavaScript Combining/Minifying
  
  
  
• doctrine/orm (2.3.3, 2.4.0-BETA1)
  Object-Relational-Mapper for PHP
  
  
  
• pixel418/eloq (v0.1.1, v0.1.0)
  Eloq is a cute tool to validate & sanitize a form
  
  
  
• neutron/form-bundle (v1.0.3)
  This bundle provides extra form types empowered by jQuery
  
  
  
• doctrine/dbal (2.3.3, 2.4.0-BETA1)
  Database Abstraction Layer
  
  
  
• maxromanovsky/common-serializer (v1.0.0)
  Simple Serializer implementation
  
  
  
• doctrine/common (2.4.0-RC1)
  Common Library for Doctrine projects
  
  
  
• cwsoft/silverstripe-cwsoft-shortcode (v2.2.2)
  Adds some handy shortcodes allowing you to obfuscate email links, display random images or random quotes on your Silverstripe CMS website.
  
  
  
• cwsoft/silverstripe-cwsoft-foldergallery (v2.7.1)
  A light weight and simple to use folder based image gallery for the CMS SilverStripe 3 enabling you to setup small to medium image galleries with ease.
  
  
  
• evolic/loculus (v0.2.1.3, v0.2.1.2)
  Zend Framework extensions
  
  
  
• internetmarketingsolutions/isotope-xml (0.8.4)
  saferpay payment modul for isotope ecommerce based on payment/saferpay
  
  
  
• fg/essence (1.3.2)
  Extracts informations about medias on the web, like youtube videos, twitter statuses or blog articles.
  
  
  
• dandelionmood/openexchangerates (v1.0-beta)
  Wrapper for OpenExchangeRates API
  
  
  
• printo/printo (0.1.1)
  An object graph visualizer.
  
  
  
• intervention/image (1.3.1)
  Image handling and manipulation library with support for Laravel 4 integration
  
  
  
• flame/framework (v3.6.1)
  Flame is simple and smart FRAMEWORK based on Nette
  
  
  
• mparaiso/silex-extensions (0.0.61, 0.0.60, 0.0.59)
  Extensions to the php Silex framework
  
  
  
• mparaiso/doctrineormserviceprovider (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Doctrine ORM for Silex
  
  
  
• mparaiso/crudserviceprovider (0.0.4, 0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  CRUD helper Silex framework
  
  
  
• mparaiso/dependencyinjectionserviceprovider (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Dependency injection service provider for Silex
  
  
  

NetTuts.com: The 11 Phases of a Web Developer's Career (As Illustrated by Memes)

NetTuts.com has started off the week on a humorous note with this latest post showing the "11 Phases of a Web Developer's Career" as illustrated with animated GIFs of various internet memes.

The career of a web developer is an interesting one with many slopes. Considering a learning curve this steep, you can fully expect to live through periods of frustration, enlightenment, self-righteousness, and every mindset in between. In this article, we'll have some fun, by reviewing each of these phases through the lens of a meme!

Some of the phases include:

• Phase 1 - Noob
  
• Phase 3 - Complete Frustration
  
• Phase 5 - Fragile Code
  
• Phase 7 - Cocky
  
• Phase 9 - When Code Becomes Art
  
• Phase 10 - Seasoned
  

Check out the post for the images of these and the others on their "top 11" list.

Lorna Mitchell: First Phing Plugin

In the latest post to her site, Lorna Mitchell walks you through the creation of a first Phing plugin, an extension to the popular PHP-based build tool.

I'm a huge fan of Phing and use it regularly for build and deployment tasks. Often, I'll ask about a plugin that I wish existed, and get a very courteous "patches welcome" from the nice people in the #phing channel on freenode. This has happened a few times, so I thought I should probably look at how to make a new phing plugin, this article shows you how to make the simplest thing I could think of: a simple "hello world" plugin.

She points you to the location to grab the latest version of the tool (the github repository) and how to define a configuration file for your test runs. Then she includes the sample code showing how to create the "HelloTask" plugin. It takes an input value of "name" and displays a greeting when executed. She shows the syntax for defining this in the XML build file and the sample result when executed.

Phil Sturgeon: Pick PHP Requirements for Packages Responsibly

In this recent post to his site Phil Sturgeon has a reminder that you should select the dependencies for your packages wisely, and not just because they're "cool."

When I say "make sure it is worth it" I mean, don't just switch your arrays from array() to [] just because it looks cool. That was the extent of my original tweet, because I've seen a few packages doing that and it annoyed me immensely. [...] Suffice it to say, if you require a user to upgrade their version of PHP simply so you can use some syntactical sugar inside a package that nobody else is even going to be looking at, then you're an idiot. Beyond that, you're actually hurting the community.

He notes that, by requiring users that are currently only at 3.1% of PHP installs to upgrade to 5.4 just to use your library is a quick way to not have your library used. He points out that PHP 5.4 is "more than just []" for arrays and includes a reminder that several projects are still in PHP 5.3-compatibility mode just because that's the widest audience. He also briefly touches on the "push it forward" comments that people have used to justify 5.4-only packages, but notes that it's still not as much up to the developer as it is the web host.

Community News: Packagist Latest Releases for 03.24.2013

Recent releases from the Packagist:

• mjohnson/utility (1.4.0-rc5)
  A collection of CakePHP utility libraries.
  
  
  
• mparaiso/aclserviceprovider (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  AclServiceProvider for Silex
  
  
  
• mjohnson/admin (0.13.0)
  A CakePHP admin plugin.
  
  
  
• uam/propel-s3object-behavior (0.1.4, 0.1.3, 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0)
  A Propel behavior that allows objects to save a file to AWS S3.
  
  
  
• mjohnson/forum (4.0.0-rc3)
  A CakePHP forum plugin.
  
  
  
• sherlock/sherlock (v0.1.8)
  PHP Client for Elasticsearch
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-url (0.0.1)
  URL building library that allows dynamic registration at runtime.
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-session (0.0.1)
  Abstract library for handling account sessions and cookies
  
  
  
• lstrojny/functional-php (1.0.0-alpha2)
  Functional primitives for PHP
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-validate (0.0.1)
  Validation helper with a shorthand syntax.
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-tpl (0.0.1)
  Library for parsing and creating our Tabbed Meta Lanuage (TML)
  
  
  
• bt51/textile-serviceprovider (1.1.0, 1.0.4)
  Textile service provider for silex
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-tml (0.0.1)
  Library for parsing and creating our Tabbed Meta Lanuage (TML)
  
  
  
• fg/essence (1.3.1)
  Extracts informations about medias on the web, like youtube videos, twitter statuses or blog articles.
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-router (0.0.1)
  Router for handling web calls, allows dynamic registration at runtime
  
  
  
• soliantconsulting/simplefm (2.0.0beta8)
  FileMaker Server XML API Adapter
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-form-drop (0.0.1)
  Dropdown select builder for HTML pages can be used with various templating
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-form-radio (0.0.1)
  Radio button builder for HTML pages can be used with various templating
  
  
  
• egeloen/google-map-bundle (1.1.0)
  Provides a google map integration for your Symfony2 Project.
  
  
  
• egeloen/google-map (0.9.0)
  Google Map API v3 integration for PHP 5.3+
  
  
  
• phptypography/phptypography (v1.21)
  PHP Typography is a PHP based solution to greatly improve web typography
  
  
  
• intervention/image (1.3.0)
  Image handling and manipulation library with support for Laravel 4 integration
  
  
  
• n98/magerun (1.55.0)
  Tools for managing Magento projects and installations
  
  
  
• js/mysqlnd-bundle (v1.0.0)
  The JSMysqlndBundle is an extension to the Symfony2 profiling toolbar. It extends the data collection with information gathered from PHP's mysqlnd database driver, giving more insight on the performance.
  
  
  
• webcodr/mango (0.4.3, 0.4.2)
  A MongoDB object document mapper for PHP
  
  
  
• mlpz/postmark-bundle (v0.0.5)
  postmark bundle
  
  
  
• mparaiso/consoleserviceprovider (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Symfony Console integration for Silex
  
  
  
• prologue/phpconsole (v1.0.1)
  Phpconsole for Laravel is a package for interacting with Phpconsole in Laravel 4.
  
  
  
• sputnik/pubsub-bundle (v0.1.1, v0.1.0)
  Pubsubhubbub subscriber implementation.
  
  
  
• mparaiso/simple-rss (0.0.7, 0.0.6, 0.0.5, 0.0.4, 0.0.3)
  A simple class to generate RSS feeds
  
  
  
• ejsmont-artur/php-proxy-builder (0.1.4, 0.1.3, 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0)
  PHP Proxy Builder - AOP inspired proxy pattern library.
  
  
  
• bcc/resque-bundle (v1.1)
  BCCResqueBundle
  
  
  
• toddish/verify (v1.0.0)
  A simple authentication bundle for Laravel 4. It features roles, permissions, password salting and is fully extendable.
  
  
  
• mv/mv-blog-bundle (v1.2.0-beta)
  Symfony2 Blog Bundle
  
  
  
• openlss/func-url (0.0.3, 0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  URL helper functions such as shortname, urlanem
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-array2xml (0.0.3, 0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Array2XML conversion library credit to lalit.org
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-config (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Configuration access helper and environment manager
  
  
  
• openlss/func-ui (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  UI helpers for OpenLSS interfaces
  
  
  
• openlss/func-time (0.0.3, 0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Time helper functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-proc (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Process helper functions
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-form-checkbox (0.0.1)
  Checkbox builder for HTML pages can be used with various templating
  
  
  
• openlss/func-net (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Networking helpers
  
  
  
• openlss/func-mimetype (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Mimetype helper functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-mda-glob (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  MDA (Multi Dimensional Array) access helpers for PHPs Superglobals
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-form-common (0.0.1)
  Common library for form helpers
  
  
  
• openlss/func-mda (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  MDA (Multi Dimensional Array) access helpers for PHP
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-db (0.0.2)
  PDO wrapper library with helpers
  
  
  
• openlss/func-log (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Logging functions, also handles CLI output
  
  
  
• openlss/func-gen (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Random generation functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-format (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Display formatting functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-debug (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Debugging helper functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-bcrypt (0.0.3, 0.0.2)
  Blowfish Crypt helpers for password hashing
  
  
  
• openlss/core-boot (0.0.4)
  The OpenLSS bootstrapper
  
  
  
• openlss/lib-crypt (0.0.2, 0.0.1)
  Shorthand library for using AES encryption provided by PHP-Mcrypt
  
  
  
• uam/aws-bundle (0.1.1, 0.1.0)
  Symfony bundle to provide a wrapper service around AWS S3
  
  
  
• meenie/munee (1.5.4)
  PHP 5.3 Asset Optimisation - Smart Caching, On-The-Fly Image Resizing, On-the-fly LESS, SASS, CoffeeScript Compiling, and CSS & JavaScript Combining/Minifying
  
  
  
• kherge/Box (2.0.0-beta.1)
  A tool to simplify building PHARs.
  
  
  

Community News: Packagist Latest Releases for 03.23.2013

Recent releases from the Packagist:

• rhumsaa/array_column (1.0.0)
  Provides functionality for array_column() to projects using PHP earlier than version 5.5.
  
  
  
• openlss/core-boot (0.0.1)
  The OpenLSS bootstrapper
  
  
  
• beryllium/twig-ansi-extension (v1.0.0)
  A twig extension for sensiolabs/ansi-to-html
  
  
  
• openlss/func-gen (0.0.1)
  Random generation functions
  
  
  
• herrera-io/go (1.3.4, 1.3.3)
  A simple PHP build tool.
  
  
  
• bshaffer/oauth2-server-php (v0.5)
  OAuth2 Server for PHP
  
  
  
• herrera-io/service-update (1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0)
  A service provider for the Phar Update library.
  
  
  
• openlss/func-format (0.0.1)
  Display formatting functions
  
  
  
• openlss/func-debug (0.0.1)
  Debugging helper functions
  
  
  
• evolic/loculus (v0.2.1.1, v0.2.1, 0.3.0)
  Zend Framework extensions
  
  
  
• kherge/Box (2.0.0-alpha.4)
  A tool to simplify building PHARs.
  
  
  
• rmzamora/jquery-bundle (1.9.1)
  Symfony RmzamoraJqueryBundle
  
  
  
• rmzamora/bootstrap-bundle (2.3.1)
  Symfony RmzamoraBootstrapBundle
  
  
  
• mjohnson/admin (0.12.0)
  A CakePHP admin plugin.
  
  
  
• mlalbuquerque/silex-skeleton (v3.0.5)
  A Silex skeleton for little (not tiny) projects
  
  
  
• segmentio/analytics-php (0.3.0)
  Segmentio Analytics PHP Library
  
  
  
• nixilla/klout-api-consumer (0.6)
  Klout API client in PHP
  
  
  
• nixilla/peerindex-api-consumer (0.3, 0.2, 0.1)
  PeerIndex API client in PHP
  
  
  
• rmzamora/frontend-bootstrap-bundle (2.3.1, v2.3.1)
  Symfony RmzamoraFrontendBootstrapBundle
  
  
  
• binfo/mobile-detect-service-provider (v1.0.0)
  A mobile detect ServiceProvider for Silex, based on Mobile-Detect library.
  
  
  
• rmzamora/frontend-jquery-bundle (1.9.1)
  Symfony RmzamoraFrontendJqueryBundle
  
  
  
• bear/sunday (0.6.3)
  BEAR.Sunday, a resource oriented framework
  
  
  
• bear/resource (0.7.2)
  RESTful service layer framework
  
  
  
• qimnet/update-tracker-bundle (v1.4.1)
  QIMNET Update tracker bundle
  
  
  
• lilweb/evolution-bundle (0.2, 0.1)
  Easy bundle for database evolution
  
  
  
• intervention/image (1.2.6)
  Image handling and manipulation library with support for Laravel 4 integration
  
  
  
• netvlies/form-bundle (1.0.0)
  NetvliesFormBundle
  
  
  
• everypay/everypay-php (v1.0.3, v1.0.2)
  
  
  
  
• galvani/simplepie (1.3.3, 1.3.2)
  A simple Atom/RSS parsing library for PHP
  
  
  
• ruudk/moneybird-bundle (0.1.5, 0.1.4)
  A Symfony2 bundle for working with Moneybird
  
  
  
• toin0u/digitalocean (1.1.2, 1.1.1)
  DigitalOcean API PHP 5.3+ library
  
  
  
• florianwolters/component-core-equality (v0.2.0)
  Implements equivalence relations on non-null object references as a PHP component.
  
  
  
• ejsmont-artur/php-circuit-breaker-bundle (0.1.5)
  PHP Circuit Breaker Bundle - Symfony 2 integration
  
  
  
• kdyby/translation (v0.9.1)
  Integration of Symfony/Translation into Nette Framework
  
  
  
• bluetools/moneybird-php-api (v2.1.5)
  A PHP Library for the MoneyBird API
  
  
  
• simplon/db (1.0.1)
  Simplon DB Libraries
  
  
  
• catchamonkey/assetic-filter-bundle (v0.4.0)
  Catchamonkey AsseticFilterBundle
  
  
  
• mikehaertl/localeurls (1.1.4)
  localeurls is a Yii extension for automatic locale/language management through URLs.
  
  
  
• hobnob/xml-stream-reader (1.0.0)
  PHP SAX XML Stream Reader
  
  
  
• braincrafted/bootstrap-bundle (1.3.2)
  Twitter Bootstrap for Symfony2
  
  
  
• meenie/munee (1.5.3)
  PHP 5.3 Asset Optimisation - Smart Caching, On-The-Fly Image Resizing, On-the-fly LESS, SASS, CoffeeScript Compiling, and CSS & JavaScript Combining/Minifying
  
  
  

Site News: Popular Posts for the Week of 03.22.2013

Popular posts from PHPDeveloper.org for the past week:

• Justin Carmony: First Serious Attempts with PHPUnit, Composer, and the Omniture API
  
• Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 03.18.2013
  
• PHPMaster.com: PHP Project Management
  
• Ben Ramsey: Introducing Array_column() in PHP 5.5
  
• Community News: Latest Releases from PHPClasses.org
  
• DZone.com: From Java to PHP
  
• PHPClasses.org: 26 Ways to Show that PHP Can Be Better Than PHP
  
• Inviqa techPortal: New Relic for PHP: Web Application Performance Monitoring
  
• Symfony Blog: Symfony Live Paris 2013: the full program online!
  
• Community News: Lone Star PHP 2013 Announces Schedule & Early Bird Ticket Sales