@dan_holmes did his best to fill in for @johnkary this month. PHP Features, framework releases, free skill building opportunities, and more. This month, in Last Month in PHP.
try / catch block https://wiki.php.net/rfc/finally You can get more of an idea about Finally here: http://sheriframadan.com/2012/08/finally-keyword-in-php/
form speed • Validator Almost a year to the date of the release of 2.0 Bug fixes from here to release so grab and test! Upgrade paths documented at: https://github.com/symfony/symfony- standard/blob/master/UPGRADE.md
SharedEventManager • Zend\Form\Annotation: Form annotation builder • Zend\Mvc\Controller • Zend\Feed • PSR-2 compatible Team plans weekly RC's starting with RC1 Rob Allen is keeping his tutorial up to date if you want to get in and play! http://akrabat.com/ zend-framework-2-tutorial/ ZF 2 documentation project is looking for volunteers! http://devzone.zend.com/2463/zf2-documentation-we-want-you/
2.0.0-alpha1 • Oil - 2.0.0-alpha1 • DiC - 1.0.0-beta1 • Validation - 1.0.0-beta Since going to composer, FuelPHP is versioned at the component level. This is so modules like validation can be used anywhere! No official docs yet. • Readme • Wiki
be speaking at PHPNW on some of the other skills we devs need • Source Control • Static Analysis (phpDocumentor, phpMD, etc) • Performance Profiling • Deployment • Sysadmin skills If you are in the UK this October, go see her talk. Otherwise, use this as a roadmap to go do some of your own learning!
thoughts on microframeworks buy building one in an afternoon with ZF2 • What defines them • What they are good for • Where the idea came from • How to build one from "scratch" It's at least a thought-provoking read http://mwop.net/blog/2012-08-17-on-microframeworks.html