Giorgio Sironi: The full list of my articles on DZone

Giorgio Sironi has posted his quite impressive list of articles he's published on the DZone.com site to his blog today. They cover a wide range of topics - everything from refactoring to design patterns out to, well, lots of other random topics.

From 2010 to the end of 2013 I have written a few articles each week on DZone. Here is the full list as a reference.

Some of the posts fall into different "series" categories including "Practical PHP Patterns", "Practical PHP Refactoring", "Practical PHP Testing Patterns" and "Lean Tools". There's some great content here - and lots of it - so be sure to check out the list and see if there's anything that catches your eye!

Link: http://www.giorgiosironi.com/2014/04/the-full-list-of-my-articles-on-dzone.html

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

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

• Systems Architect: Performance benchmark of popular PHP frameworks
  
• PHP.net: PHP 5.5 beta 4 is now available
  
• Pádraic Brady: 20 Point List For Preventing Cross-Site Scripting In PHP
  
• Software Gunslinger: PHP is meant to die, continued
  
• Rob Allen: Simple logging of ZF2 exceptions
  
• 7PHP.com: Zend Certifications Tips & Tricks - Hear It From Zend Certified Engineer Eric Hogue
  
• Luis Atencio: Notes on Continuous Delivery - Implementing a Testing Strategy
  
• PHPMaster.com: Consuming Feeds with SimplePie
  
• MaltBlue.com: Why Testing Makes a Project Successful and You Can't Afford to Deny It
  
• PHPMaster.com: Better Understanding Random
  
• NetTuts.com: Testing Laravel Controllers
  
• Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 04.22.2013
  
• PHP Podcast: Episode #2 - Adam Culp
  
• /Dev/Hell Podcast: Episode 31: Feline Tooth Extraction
  
• DZone.com: Trying out PHP Refactoring Browser
  

Community News: Packagist Latest Releases for 04.24.2014

Recent releases from the Packagist:

• unclecheese/eventcalendar (1.0.2)
  Event Calendar for the SilverStripe CMS
  
  
  
• titon/view (0.9.0)
  The Titon view package provides template handling with the use of a rendering engine and helpers.
  
  
  
• titon/http (0.9.0)
  The Titon HTTP package provides classes for interacting with sessions, cookies and the request and response.
  
  
  
• eo/keyclient (v0.1.1)
  Key Client library for PHP 5.3+
  
  
  
• bravo3/image-manager (1.0.0)
  A PHP 5.4 library to control dynamic image assets in a cloud environment
  
  
  
• 99designs/sipht (0.2.1)
  A PHP client for the Sift Science REST API
  
  
  
• bravo3/cache (0.1.1)
  A PHP 5.4 cache interface and various implementations including Doctrine, DynamoDB, Redis and Memcache
  
  
  
• davispeixoto/laravel-test-generator (1.0.2)
  Laravel 4 tests generator
  
  
  
• elliotchance/hoard (v1.1.2, v1.1.1, v1.1)
  A PSR-compliant caching library for holding objects in nested pools with scripting ability.
  
  
  
• opis/database (1.2.1)
  Database abstraction layer
  
  
  
• boltphp/core (0.6.3, 0.6.2)
  Bolt framework Core
  
  
  
• rdehnhardt/xpath (1.0.1, 1.0.0)
  
  
  
  
• jfloff/highroller-zf2 (1.1.1, 1.1.0)
  Highcharts module for Zend Framework 2 based on HighRoller.
  
  
  
• ac/web-services-bundle (0.3.4)
  Provides tools for developing RESTful APIs.
  
  
  
• foolz/sphinxql-query-builder (0.9.1)
  A PHP query builder for SphinxQL. Uses MySQLi to connect to the Sphinx server.
  
  
  
• tecnocreaciones/ajax-fos-user-bundle (v0.0.1)
  Provides authentication for ajax to FOSUserbundle
  
  
  
• saxulum/saxulum-webprofiler-provider (1.1.1)
  A extended webprofiler for saxulum (silex)
  
  
  
• redaxmedia/domninja (2.4.0)
  Frontend developer bookmarklet
  
  
  
• livefyre/livefyre-php-utils (1.1.3)
  Livefyre PHP utility classes
  
  
  
• guzzle/guzzle (v3.9.0)
  Guzzle is a PHP HTTP client library and framework for building RESTful web service clients
  
  
  
• earthit/cmip-rest (0.0.17)
  Collection-Modifiers-ID-Property REST framework
  
  
  
• fobiaweb/slim (3.0.0-RC2)
  Slim Framework, a PHP micro framework
  
  
  
• xplore/bootstripe (0.2.1)
  A SilverStripe theme built with Grunt and Bower, incorporating Bootstrap and Font Awesome
  
  
  
• guzzle/http (v3.9.0)
  HTTP libraries used by Guzzle
  
  
  
• midnight/block (0.1.1)
  Blocks of (HTML) content
  
  
  
• guzzle/service (v3.9.0)
  Guzzle service component for abstracting RESTful web services
  
  
  
• midnight/page (0.1.2)
  Pages containing blocks
  
  
  
• traackr/traackr-api-php (0.3)
  Traackr API PHP Library
  
  
  
• ciims-themes/default (3.0.2)
  The default theme that comes with CiiMS
  
  
  
• guzzle/common (v3.9.0)
  Common libraries used by Guzzle
  
  
  
• 2amigos/yii2-leaflet-geocoder-plugin (0.1.0)
  Yii2 LeafLet Plugin to provide support for address lookup with dropdown list of results to Leaflet.
  
  
  
• yiiext/activerecord-relation-behavior (1.1.1)
  Inspired by and put together the awesomeness of many yii extensions that aim to improve saving of related records. Comes with 100% test coverage and well structured and clean code so it can savely be used in enterprise production enviroment.
  
  
  
• irestful/concreteneighborhoods (14.04.08)
  
  
  
  
• metamodels/attribute_translatedselect (1.0.2)
  MetaModels attribute for translated selects
  
  
  
• hackzilla/fosuser-bridge-bundle (0.2.1, 0.2)
  Glue for FOSUserBundle
  
  
  
• pdepend/pdepend (2.0.0-beta.4)
  Official version of pdepend to be handled with Composer
  
  
  
• hackzilla/ticket-bundle (0.3)
  This Bundle provides ticketing functionality for Symfony2 applications. Multilingual capable
  
  
  
• kirkbushell/eloquence (1.0.0)
  Allows developers to work with Laravel 4 Eloquent models in the same fashion they'd use every other class - with camelCase methods and attributes.
  
  
  
• irestful/neighborhoods (14.04.08)
  
  
  
  
• bca/architect (1.0.2)
  Phing build configuration for internal use in BCA projects.
  
  
  
• condenast/pangea (1.1.60)
  
  
  
  
• nathanmac/laravel-parser (v1.0)
  Simple Format Parser For Laravel 4
  
  
  
• phundament/p3media (0.17.2)
  Yii media file manager module with ckeditor integration
  
  
  
• irestful/concretecities (14.04.08)
  
  
  
  
• autarky/framework (0.1.6)
  Autarky - PHP framework for self-sufficient developers
  
  
  
• jimphle/messaging (v0.2.0)
  Jimdo PHP library extraction of messaging component
  
  
  
• irestful/concreteregions (14.04.08)
  
  
  
  
• thefox/hashcash (v1.0.0)
  Hashcash implementation in PHP
  
  
  
• pym/table (0.7.0, 0.6.7)
  Dead simple abstraction layer for doctrine/dbal.
  
  
  
• brightmachine/rapper (v0.0.0)
  A trait to simplify the creation of proxies or simple facades.
  
  
  
• opine/urlid (1.0.1)
  Service for extracting ids from youtube and vimeo URLs
  
  
  
• opine/uploadwrapper (1.0.1)
  Wrapper for CodeGuy's upload class to make it more DI friendly
  
  
  
• opine/twitter (1.0.1)
  Cache service for tweets
  
  
  
• opine/separation (1.0.1)
  Service facilitating Opine's View opinion re: layouts and partials
  
  
  
• opine/semantic-cm (1.0.1)
  Semantic-CM, the Opine-PHP and Semantic-UI based Management System
  
  
  
• opine/search (1.0.1)
  Service for indexing and searching using Elasticsearch
  
  
  
• opine/route (1.0.1)
  Service wrapper for FastRoute providing a more slim-like interface
  
  
  
• opine/queue (1.0.1)
  Queue and Worker system for PHP jobs
  
  
  
• opine/pubsub (1.0.1)
  Service for handling pubsub pattern with dependecy injection
  
  
  
• opine/person (1.0.1)
  Person / CRM class
  
  
  
• opine/membership (1.0.1)
  Service for managing aspects of user membership
  
  
  
• opine/mail (1.0.1)
  Service for sending and broadcasting email, and a transport class for Amazon SES
  
  
  
• opine/imageresizer (1.0.1)
  Service for resizing images based on URL path parameters
  
  
  
• opine/helper (1.0.1)
  Helper callacks for Handlebars.php
  
  
  
• opine/http (1.0.1)
  Service for encapsulating HTTP Posts and Responses
  
  
  
• opine/framework (1.0.1)
  Opine-PHP Micro-framework for integrating all Opine services
  
  
  
• opine/form (1.0.1)
  Service for generating form markup to perform CRUD functions
  
  
  
• opine/filter (1.0.1)
  Filter HTML after running application, before sending to browser
  
  
  
• opine/field (1.0.1)
  Service providing a range of useful HTML form fields
  
  
  
• opine/errors (1.0.1)
  Service for storing errors generated by other services
  
  
  
• opine/db (1.0.1)
  DB service wrapper for with MongoDB
  
  
  
• opine/container (1.0.1)
  Dependency Injection Container for readering YAML files
  
  
  
• opine/config (1.0.1)
  Utility for reading/accesing configurations from disk and caching them in memory
  
  
  
• opine/collection (1.0.1)
  RESTful API for MongoDB collections
  
  
  
• opine/cache (1.0.1)
  Wrapper for Memcached
  
  
  
• opine/bundle (1.0.1)
  Embed Opine projects withing other Opine projects
  
  
  
• opine/build (1.0.1)
  Build system for constructing and maintaining Opine projects
  
  
  
• opine/authentication (1.0.1)
  The Opine Authentication service provides login, logout and flexible ACL enforcement to users accross groups.
  
  
  
• vnagara/runtime-config (1.0.0)
  Provide server independent runtime (user php ini) configuration pack
  
  
  
• parm/parm (2.0.1)
  Active Record ORM with closures and web interface
  
  
  
• minima-php/minima-php (1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0)
  Minimal, experimental PHP framework
  
  
  
• minima-php/potter-orm (1.0.1, 1.0.0)
  Magical (and bad) ORM
  
  
  
• irestful/concretecoordinates (14.04.08)
  
  
  
  
• felixonline/core (0.2.5)
  Felix Online Core
  
  
  
• 2amigos/yii2-leaflet-geosearch-plugin (0.1.0)
  Yii2 LeafLet Plugin to provide support for address lookup (a.k.a. geocoding / geoseaching) to Leaflet.
  
  
  
• metabor/statemachine (v1.0.1)
  Statemachine in PHP 5.3
  
  
  
• picqer/api-client (v0.9.5)
  A PHP Client for the Picqer API
  
  
  
• task/process (v0.1.2, v0.1.1, v0.1.0)
  Process plugin for Task
  
  
  
• timetoogo/pinq (2.0.0)
  PHP Integrated query - A real Linq for PHP
  
  
  
• fusionary/ee2-bootstrap (1.9.18)
  Config bootstrap for ExpressionEngine 2.x
  
  
  
• irestful/eventtypes (14.03.27)
  
  
  
  
• ebidtech/message (v0.3.2)
  Message wrapper
  
  
  
• moodev/bounce (v1.1.0)
  Dependency injection framework for PHP, similar to Spring
  
  
  
• sweelix/yii2-plupload (1.0.2)
  PHP 5.4+ Sweelix Yii2 plupload extension - easy asynchronous file uploads
  
  
  
• irestful/irestful (13.11.28)
  
  
  
  
• task/box (v0.2.0, v0.1.0)
  boxproject.org plugin for Task
  
  
  
• ibuildings/qa-tools (1.1.14)
  Ibuildings standard QA Tools
  
  
  
• task/task (v0.1.1, v0.1.0)
  PHP task runner
  
  
  
• arcanacode/google-analytic (1.0.1, v1.0.0)
  A bundle for Symfony2.2, that retrieves data from Google Analytics.
  
  
  
• webignition/web-resource-service (1.0.3, 1.0.2)
  Service to retrieve over HTTP a webignitionWebResourceWebResource
  
  
  
• ydle/hub-bundle (0.5.14, 0.5.13, 0.5.12, 0.5.11)
  Ydle Main Bundle
  
  
  
• academe/laraveldkim (1.0.4)
  A Laravel plugin to sign all outgoing emails using DKIM from within the application.
  
  
  
• lavalite/cms (v1.1)
  Multilingual CMS based on Laravel 4.1 & Bootstrap 3.1
  
  
  
• task/cli (v0.2.0, v0.1.0)
  CLI for Task
  
  
  
• lelesys/module-theme (1.1.0)
  Noes backend module for theme configuration, For templates based on Twitter Bootstrap
  
  
  
• lavalite/menu (v1.1)
  Menu package for lavalite framework
  
  
  
• lavalite/page (v1.1)
  Page package for lavalite framework
  
  
  
• lavalite/core (v1.1)
  Core package for lavalite framework
  
  
  
• goalio/goalio-forgotpassword (1.0.0)
  Adding Forgot Password functionalitiy to ZfcUser
  
  
  
• webignition/web-resource-model (1.1.8)
  Model of a web-based resource
  
  
  
• bepado/sdk (v1.2.186)
  The PHP Software Development Kit for Shop developers.
  
  
  
• lavalite/file (v1.1)
  Package for uploading and managin file on lavalite framework
  
  
  
• irestful/concreteapplications (13.11.28)
  
  
  
  
• t1st3/t1st3-assets (0.9.2)
  Assets used for T1st3's projects
  
  
  
• tdt/input (v1.0.1)
  
  
  
  
• tdt/streamingrdfmapper (v1.0.1)
  A streaming mapper. Takes a chunk of data and a mapping file, returns RDF triples.
  
  
  
• nicokaiser/dyndns (1.0.2)
  A simple dynamic DNS that updates an existing BIND
  
  
  
• lelesys/plugin-faq (1.1.0)
  A faq plugin for TYPO3 Neos
  
  
  
• webignition/internet-media-type (0.4.6, 0.4.5)
  PHP model of an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type
  
  
  
• hypejunction/hypegeo (1.0.2)
  Tools for building geo-aware plugins for Elgg
  
  
  
• energine/cmf (2.12.1)
  Energine is content management framework based on the XML/XSLT transformations.
  
  
  
• goalio/goalio-mailservice (1.0.0)
  Provide configurable Mail Transport Factories for ZF2
  
  
  
• task/phpspec (v0.1.0)
  PhpSpec plugin for Task
  
  
  
• task/console (v0.1.0)
  Utilities for working with Symfony's Console component and Task
  
  
  
• anime-db/world-art-filler-bundle (0.1.12)
  Plugin World-Art for the catalog Anime DB
  
  
  
• lelesys/plugin-indexed-search (1.1.0)
  A index search plugin for TYPO3 Neos
  
  
  
• cargomedia/cm (1.15.1)
  
  
  
  
• myclabs/work (0.3.0)
  Work queue library letting you run distributed tasks using a generic abstraction
  
  
  
• lelesys/plugin-multi-content (1.1.0)
  MultiContent plugin for displaying content in different pleasant layouts.
  
  
  
• task/phpunit (v0.1.0)
  PHPUnit plugin for Task
  
  
  
• gajus/dora (0.1.4)
  Input generation library for value resolution, data persistence, templates, CSRF and protection from XSS.
  
  
  
• kalaomer/knot (v1.0.5)
  Array Object for PHP
  
  
  
• anime-db/shikimori-filler-bundle (0.1.2)
  Plugin Shikimori for the catalog Anime DB
  
  
  
• irestful/concretehttpmethods (13.11.28)
  
  
  
  
• anime-db/app-bundle (0.3.9)
  The application for making home collection anime
  
  
  
• okvee/fuel-start (v1.5.4)
  The backoffice system built on FuelPHP framework for developers.
  
  
  
• task/archive (v0.1.0)
  Archive plugin for Task using Zippy
  
  
  
• task/filesystem (v0.1.0)
  Filesystem plugin for Task
  
  
  
• claroline/forum-bundle (2.2.10)
  Claroline forum plugin
  
  
  
• webignition/string-parser (0.2.2)
  Abstract state-based string parser
  
  
  
• dariushha/zinux (5.0.3)
  A simple and lightweight but powerful framework supporting MVC design pattern
  
  
  
• korotovsky/gedmo-twig-softdeleteable-bundle (0.1.0)
  Twig tag for disable Gedmo softdeleteable behavior in twig templates
  
  
  
• anime-db/anime-db (0.3.7)
  The application for making home collection anime
  
  
  
• redaxmedia/gsp (2.1.1)
  Grunt Survival Pack
  
  
  
• fastfeed/fastfeed (v0.2.0)
  A simple to use Feed Client Library.
  
  
  
• hostnet/hn-dependency-injection-plugin (2.0.2)
  Introduces the Symfony 2 DI container in a Symfony 1 application.
  
  
  
• ibrows/loggable-bundle (0.9)
  Extended Loggable Bundle
  
  
  
• ibrows/xeditable-bundle (0.8, 0.7)
  bootstrap x-editable symfony2 forms integration
  
  
  
• routemedia/memoar (v0.2)
  
  
  
  
• akeneo/custom-entity-bundle (v1.1.0)
  Akeneo PIM Custom entity bundle
  
  
  
• norkunas/media-manager (v1.0.0-alpha2)
  
  
  
  
• kinglozzer/metatitle (1.0.1)
  Re-adds the 'MetaTitle' field for SilverStripe 3.1
  
  
  
• aotd/platform-specific-installer (1.1)
  A Composer plugin which installs packages, depends on processor architecture or operation system.
  
  
  
• jamayka/db-patcher (0.0.3)
  DB patcher
  
  
  
• isidromerayo/simple_php_skeleton (v0.9.9.3)
  Simple skeleton PHP project with Symfony2 components
  
  
  
• scouting-nl/fpdi (1.5.1)
  FPDI is a collection of PHP classes facilitating developers to read pages from existing PDF documents and use them as templates in FPDF
  
  
  
• suramon/itertools (1.5.7)
  Iterators implemented in PHP, copy-pasted from Python
  
  
  
• tomkyle/string-utils (1.0.13, 1.0.12, 1.0.11)
  Various Helper classes. Quite useful sometimes
  
  
  
• rican7/mathematician (0.1.0)
  A PHP mathematics library for simpler, more reliable math operations... even on big numbers
  
  
  
• byscripts/manager-bundle (0.1.1)
  A simple bundle to manage entities to lighten the controllers
  
  
  
• voilab/acedao (0.9.5)
  AceDAO, a simple yet powerful query system
  
  
  
• lelesys/plugin-site-map (1.1.0)
  SiteMap helps you navigate throughout the pages on the site.
  
  
  
• lelesys/plugin-seo-helper (1.1.0)
  A seo plugin for TYPO3 Neos
  
  
  

Master Zend Framework: Running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's Built-in Webserver

The Master Zend Framework site has posted the first in their screencast series with a look at running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's built-in webserver.

In this screencast we'll go through the creating an application from the ZF2Skeleton project on Github and getting it up and running, using PHP's built-in web server. [It requires] PHP 5.4 or higher and Curl.

The screencast, coming in just over 3 minutes, briefly introduces you to the ZF2Skeleton project and shows you how to run it as a single process though PHP's own web server (useful for debugging). As a part of the installation, he also helps you get Composer installed as that's what Zend Framework 2 uses to install its packages correctly.

Link: http://www.masterzendframework.com/casts/001

PHPMaster.com: PHP News You May Have Missed

PHPMaster.com has posted some news you might have missed that's happened in the development and open source communities recently. In the post Bruno Skvorc covers updates to projects, resources and various online tools/environments related to PHP.

The last month or two have been chock full of small news and releases not warranting a full story in their own right but still interesting, I've decided to make a small compilation and direct your attention to the interesting developments around us. Just because we don't cover something immediately, doesn't mean we don't notice or care.

Included in the post are updates about:

• Ubuntu 14.04. LTS
  
• Google App Engine 1.9.1 - 1.9.3
  
• Hack
  
• Phalcon 2 beta 1
  
• the Zend Framework 2 Certified Architect certification
  
• Zend Framework 3 Progress
  

...and several more. Check out the full post for more information on these and several other recent happenings around the web.

Link: http://www.sitepoint.com/news-may-missed

php[architect]: April 2014 Issue Released - Major Players

As is mentioned on the php[architect] site today, they've released their latest issue - the April 2014 edition, Major Players.

It's spring, and (here in the U.S.) the Majors are starting up! In sports, we all have our favorites- the ones we love, and the ones we love to hate. In PHP, we have the similar players- Drupal, WordPress, and Yii Framework (to name a few). Love them or hate them, you can't deny that they're Major Players!

Articles in this latest edition cover topics like:

• Programmatically Control Drupal
  
• Get Started with Joind.in
  
• Advanced Authentication in Laravel
  
• Fly with Phalcon
  

You can pick up your copy directly from the php[architect] website or you can always subscribe (with both digital and print options) for a full year.

Link: http://www.phparch.com/2014/04/april-2014-phparchitect-magazine-released-major-players/

Community News: Recent posts from PHP Quickfix

Recent posts from the PHP Quickfix site:

• WeCamp: Everybody is welcome! - Left On The Web
  #wecamp14 #conference #glamping
  
  
  
• Zend Server and Sendmail failure bug | GeekyBoy.com
  #zendserver #email #sendmail #bug
  
  
  
• Phar: Browser caching for static files
  #phar #cache #static #file #browser
  
  
  
• Book review: Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP | PHP & Symfony
  #book #review #modernize #legacy
  
  
  
• Principles of PHP Package Design - First part of the book is now available | PHP & Symfony
  #package #design #book #principles
  
  
  
• First Aura v2 Beta Releases of Web_Project, Cli_Project, and Framework_Project | Paul M. Jones
  #aura #framework #release #project
  
  
  
• Apigility 1.0.0beta2 Released! - Zend Framework - Zend Framework
  #apigility #1.1.0beta2 #release