• chippyash/strong-type (1.0.4, 1.0.3) Strong type support. For when you absolutely want to know what you are getting
  
  
• holyshared/coverallskit (1.2.2) CoverallsKit is the library for transmitting the report of code coverage to coveralls.
  
  
• werx/config (0.2.0) Use environment-specific configuration files in your app.
  
  
• chippyash/matrix (1.2.2) PHP Matrix data structure support package
  
  
• naonaox1126/vizualizer (v1.3.2) Visual Framework in PHP
  
  
• icecave/chrono-doctrine (0.1.0) Custom Doctrine types for Chrono dates and times.
  
  
• cleentfaar/humanizer (1.0.6, 1.0.5, 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0) A PHP library that turns any type of value into a human-readable string
  
  
• mcprohosting/skinner (0.1.0) Library to grab those Minecraft heads and skins!
  
  
• bosnadev/foundation (0.0.2)
  
  
• fobiaweb/database (v0.2.6) Fobia DataBase Component
  
  
• fobiaweb/api (v0.1.0) Fobia Api Component
  
  
• fobiaweb/base (v0.1.5) Fobia Base Component
  
  
• fobiaweb/auth (v0.1.0) Fobia Auth Component
  
  
• nqxcode/search-engine (v1.0.13, v1.0.12) Search engine for ORM based on Zend Lucene.
  
  
• webspot/modulemanager (1.0.0) Webspot Module Manager library
  
  
• rmasters/doctrine-migrations-service-provider (1.0.0, v1.0.0) Pimple service provider for Doctrine migrations
  
  
• voilab/restanswer (0.1.2, 0.1.1) Response system for REST Apis.
  
  
• duncan3dc/sonos (0.7.5, 0.7.4) A class to control Sonos speakers
  
  
• thetwelvelabs/foursquare (v0.2.2) Foursquare API Client
  
  
• zenify/flash-message-component (v1.1.0) Flash message component for Nette
  
  
• mpalourdio/mpa-custom-doctrine-hydrator (0.4.0) Module that helps you deal with dates for DoctrineModule & ZF2 : filtering, hydration, Locale etc.
  
  
• mpalourdio/mpa-firephp-wrapper (0.3.0) Lightweight ZF2 module that wraps firephp. Provides a view helper and a controller plugin. Easily configurable and usable
  
  
• webspot/controller (1.0.0) Webspot Controller layer library
  
  
• kohkimakimoto/earray (v2.1.0) EArray is a small PHP class to provide convenient ways to access a PHP array.
  
  
• travi/framework (0.12.3, 0.12.2) web framework
  
  
• ramverk/validation (0.1.1, 0.1.0) Ramverk Validation Component
  
  
• danoon/filestore (1.0.1, 1.0) Flat file key value store
  
  
• lukaskorl/uniquely (v1.0, v0.3) Uniquely identified models for Laravel 4 by using UUID as primary key
  
  
• sjparkinson/static-review (1.1.1) An extendable framework for version control hooks.
  
  
• cerbero/workflow (1.1.0) Speed up the workflow to add new features to your Laravel projects.
  
  
• regulus/tetra-text (v0.4.0) A small text/string formatting composer package that formats phone numbers, numeric values, money values and more.
  
  
• regulus/solid-site (v0.4.0, v0.3.0) A composer package that assigns section names & titles to pages and simplifies creation of breadcrumb trails and is useful for other components that require page identifying information such as menus that highlight the current location.
  
  
• aquanode/elemental (v0.3.1, v0.3.0) An HTML element building composer package that simplifies creation of active, selected, or hidden elements.
  
  
• commentar/plain-text (v0.0.2) Plain text post formatter
  
  
• ramverk/dbal (0.1.0) Ramverk DBAL Component
  
  
• mcrumm/vindinium-hacklang (v0.2.3-p1) Vindinium in (mostly) hack-strict
  
  
• access-manager/radius (0.1)
  
  
• webspot/application (1.0.0) Webspot Application Framework
  
  
• kdyby/redis (v3.2.0) Redis storage for Nette Framework
  
  
• authbucket/oauth2-bundle (1.0.1) Symfony OAuth2Bundle
  
  
• kdyby/curl (v2.2.0, v2.1.2) Curl wrapper for Nette Framework
  
  
• authbucket/oauth2 (1.0.1) The standard compliant OAuth2.0 library based on the Symfony Components
  
  
• jqgeeks/utils (1.0.0, 1.0.0.0) JQuery Utilitties compatible with rudrax framework
  
  
• redaxmedia/gsp (2.2.2) Grunt Survival Pack
  
  
• kdyby/autowired (v1.2.0) Syntax sugar for working with services in Nette Framework
  
  
• redaxmedia/tocgen (4.0.1) Generate table of contents from multiple CSS and JS files
  
  
• mcwebb/normalized-data-bundle (v0.1) A collection of entities and data fixtures for commonly used types of normalized data
  
  
• mamuz/mamuz-content-manager (0.1.4) Provides simple content manager for ZF2 with Doctrine
  
  
• mamuz/mamuz-contact (0.1.3) Provides simple contact form rendered by twitter-bootstrap view helper for ZF2 with Doctrine
  
  
• sibertec/data (0.0.1) Sibertec.Data is a small, easy to use PHP library that manages connections to MySQL databases, and also can act as an Object Relational Mapper.
  
  
• ramverk/i18n (0.1.1) Ramverk I18n Component
  
  
• jqgeeks/jquery-timeago (1.5.0, 1.4.1) JQuery Utilitties compatible with rudrax framework
  
  
• jqgeeks/jquery (2.0.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 1.2.3) JQuery Utilitties compatible with rudrax framework
  
  
• bluem/searchstringparser (1.0.0) Library for parsing search strings
  
  
• orchestra/support (v2.2.2) Orchestra Platform 2 Support Component
  
  
• scheb/two-factor-bundle (v1.2.0) Provides two-factor authenticaton for Symfony2
  
  
• webiny/class-loader (0.1.0) Webiny Class Loader Component
  
  
• wave/wave (1.2.3) Small extensible framework in PHP
  
  
• jqgeeks/smart-time-ago (0.1.5) JQuery Utilitties compatible with rudrax framework
  
  
• dlondero/gh-dashboard (0.3.2) Add missing feature to list issues mentioning me in Github's organization dashboard!
  
  
• iakio/gntp-notify (0.1.0) Simple GNTP notification library
  
  
• jqgeeks/bootstrap (3.2.0, 3.1.1) JQuery Utilitties compatible with rudrax framework
  
  
• matthiasnoback/symfony-config-test (v0.2.1, v0.2.0, v0.1.2) Library for testing user classes related to the Symfony Config Component
  
  
• jwilsson/spotify-web-api-php (0.2.0) PHP implementation of Spotify's Web API.
  
  
• zeropub/zeropub-php (v1.0) Paquet Composer pour utiliser ZeroPub.
  
  
• yuanqing/fi (v0.2.0) Query a collection of text files like a document database in PHP.
  
  
• petrgrishin/yii-widget (1.0.0) Interface widget for Yii
  
  
• terion/package-installer (v1.0.0) Automatic package installer for Laravel 4
  
  
• jflight/nearby-uk-postcode-finder (0.0.2, 0.0.1) Find all UK Ppostcodes within the radius of a postcode
  
  
• dsawardekar/arrow (1.6.0, 1.5.0) WordPress Plugin Development Library
  
  
• cair/platform (0.0.1) The Cair Platform.
  
  
• regulus/identify (v0.3.0) A composer package that adds roles to Laravel 4's basic authentication/authorization and adds many features. Identify aims to remain a lightweight Authorization package that has a great balance of simplicity, versatility, and ease-of-use.
  
  
• jakubsacha/adminlte (1.0.4) Syntara Admin panel (its based on Laravel 4) in nice theme. Package contains also small additional bugfixes and UI improvements of Syntara.
  
  
• gushphp/gush-jira-adapter (1.1.4) Jira Gush Adapter
  
  
• fwkit/weibo (1.0)
  
  
• regulus/activity-log (v0.3.0) A clean and simple Laravel 4 activity logger for monitoring user activity on a website or web application.
  
  
• aquanode/upstream (v0.4.0) A simple composer package that assists in file uploads and image resizing/cropping. Works great with jCrop and jquery-file-upload.
  
  
• gushphp/gush (1.8.7) Rapid workflow for project maintainers and contributors
  
  
• f21/dnsmadeeasy (1.0.5) A simple php library to work with DNSMadeEasy's API v2.0
  
  
• gushphp/gush-github-adapter (1.1.7) GitHub adapter for Gush
  
  

• stevenmaguire/zurb-foundation-laravel (0.0.2) Build HTML form elements for Foundation inside Laravel
  
  
• jlem/profiler (v0.2.2, v0.2.1)
  
  
• wave/wave (1.2.2, 1.2.1) Small extensible framework in PHP
  
  
• mcrumm/vindinium-hacklang (v0.2.3) Vindinium in (mostly) hack-strict
  
  
• charlesportwoodii/eanalytics (1.1.4, 1.1.3) EAnalytics is a Analytics.js wrapper for Yii Framework
  
  
• werx/config (0.1.0) Use environment-specific configuration files in your app.
  
  
• elnebuloso/flex-random (2.0.0) multiple generators for random content
  
  
• magetest/magento-phpspec-extension (2.1.0) Magento PHPSpec extension
  
  
• northern/serializer (1.0.0) Serializes a annotated object to a plain PHP array.
  
  
• chtombleson/omnimessage (0.1.3) A simple to use PHP multi-message dispatcher
  
  
• elnebuloso/bundler (5.1.0) bundling files n' stuff
  
  
• sjparkinson/static-review (1.1.0) An extendable framework for version control hooks.
  
  
• condenast/pangea (1.7.013)
  
  
• teodortalov/citrix (1.0) PHP wrapper around Citrix - GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar APIs
  
  
• elnebuloso/flex-file-selector (1.1.0) selecting files by patternsets
  
  
• rmasters/doctrine-migrations-service-provider (v0.1.0) Pimple service provider for Doctrine migrations
  
  
• mighty-code/phalcon-user-plugin-2 (0.2.2, 0.2.1, 0.2.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.0, 0.0.1) User plugin for Phalcon PHP framework
  
  
• snapshot/boost-core (0.0.7, 0.0.8) Core system files for Boost framework.
  
  
• isdarka/zendbase (1.0) Base Zend Framework 2
  
  
• webandcow/bs_helpers (1.1.2) Extension of the CakePHP's FormHelper and HtmlHelper to use the framework Twitter Bootstrap v3.0.0 more easily
  
  
• that-chris-r/runescape-highscores (1.2.0) A set of classes to better manipulate the RuneScape lite highscores API
  
  
• crunch/fastcgi (v1.0) FastCGI client
  
  
• laracasts/flash (1.1) Easy flash notifications
  
  
• zofe/rapyd (1.3.16) crud widgets for laravel 4, port of rapyd
  
  
• bugbuster/backend_user_online (3.2.0-RC1) Contao CMS Online Status Icon for Backend and Frontend User
  
  
• jacopo/laravel-authentication-acl (1.1.6) Laravel authentication and ACL package with a cool admin panel
  
  
• mamuz/mamuz-contact (0.1.2) Provides simple contact form rendered by twitter-bootstrap view helper for ZF2 with Doctrine
  
  
• mamuz/mamuz-content-manager (0.1.3) Provides simple content manager for ZF2 with Doctrine
  
  
• mamuz/mamuz-blog (0.2.2) Provides simple product owner blog feature for ZF2 with Doctrine
  
  
• components/typeahead.js (0.10.4) typeahead.js is a fast and fully-featured autocomplete library
  
  
• oro/doctrine-extensions (1.0.0) Doctrine Extensions for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  
  
• rmasters/github-service-provider (v0.2.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0) Pimple service provider for KnpLabs' GitHub API wrapper
  
  
• solution10/collection (v1.2.0) A simple and fast Collection class
  
  
• devitek/torrent-fake-seeder (0.1) Fake a torrent's seed
  
  
• laracasts/validation (1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0) Easy validation for Laravel applications.
  
  
• elnebuloso/phing-commons (6.2.0) phing commons build stack
  
  
• iyoworks/entity (v1.0.0-beta) Entity classes with attribute types
  
  
• neopangea/utils (v0.0.5, v0.0.4, v0.0.3) PHP utility library
  
  
• ma27/silex-extension (v1.0.0) This is an extension for silex which provides better structures
  
  
• typo3/cms-base-distribution (6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) TYPO3 CMS Base Distribution
  
  
• cleentfaar/slack-bundle (0.9.4) This bundle provides integration with the CLSlack library
  
  
• dragosprotung/sport-tracker-connector (0.2.0) A set of tools to dump / upload / port workouts from different online sport trackers to another (ex endomondo.com, flow.polar.com).
  
  
• kherge/file (1.0.0) An extension of SplFileObject that uses exceptions.
  
  
• mediasilo/phoenix-php-sdk (0.6.3)
  
  
• voilab/acedao (0.9.8, 0.9.7) AceDAO, a simple yet powerful query system
  
  
• tomaj/prepositioner (1.1.3) Preposition replace library
  
  
• kisma/kisma (0.2.51) PHP Utility Belt
  
  
• netgusto/bootcamp-bundle (1.0.9, 1.0.8) Symfony2 BootCamp Bundle
  
  
• techdivision/http (0.1.3, 0.1.2, 0.1.1) HTTP protocol implementation for usage in server context
  
  
• itlized/zurb-foundation (v5.3.1) Zurb Foundation Bundle For Symfony
  
  
• jaenmedina/paypal-api-caller (1.0) An API caller for PayPal.
  
  
• itlized/social (v2.1.1.2) Social Bundle For Symfony based on HybridAuth
  
  
• packaged/helpers (v0.1.0)
  
  
• inxilpro/zit (2.0.0) Zit is a simple dependency injector based heavily on Pimple. It aims to provide the same simplicity as Pimple while offering a slightly more robust object interface.
  
  
• lavender/lavender (v0.7.0) jade-esque templates for PHP 5.3
  
  
• itbz/fpdi (1.5.2-patch1) Unofficial PSR-0 compliant version of the FPDI library
  
  
• flying/struct (0.2.11, 0.2.10) Implementation of generic structures
  
  
• odesk/phystrix-dashboard (v1.0.0) Hystrix dashboard support for Phystrix
  
  
• understand/understand-laravel (v0.0.3, v0.0.2, v0.0.1) Laravel service provider for Understand.io
  
  
• voceconnect/lift-search (1.9.7) Lift leverages the search index power of Amazon CloudSearch to improve your WordPress-powered site's search experience. Learn more at: http://getliftsearch.com
  
  
• ministryofjustice/opg-core-public-domain-model (1.0.22.1) Domain model for the OPG Core project
  
  
• hrevert/ht-mobile-template-module (0.0.3, 0.0.2) A Zend Framework 2 module to based on Mobile-Detect library to easily use different templates for mobiles, tablets etc.
  
  
• appserver-io/build (0.1.2, 0.1.1) Generic build- and deployment targets
  
  
• ajimix/asana-api-php-class (2.4.3, 2.4.2) A PHP class that acts as wrapper for Asana API. Lets make things easy! :)
  
  
• bhoeting/navigation-builder (1.3) A Blade helper to easily create Navigation HTML.
  
  
• joefallon/phpscalars (v1.0.2) This package contains a set of classes for wrapping/boxing scalar values. Also, classes are provided for working with arbitrarily large integers and arbitrarily precise floating point numbers.
  
  
• site5/phantoman (v1.0.0) The Codeception extension for automatically starting and stopping PhantomJS when running tests.
  
  
• 3rdpartyeve/perry (1.5.0) A PHP Library to access EVE Online's CREST API
  
  
• dsawardekar/arrow (1.4.0) WordPress Plugin Development Library
  
  
• techdivision/rewritemodule (0.6.2) A simple rewrite module for PHP based web servers.
  
  
• nlsh/nlsh_kleingartenverwaltung (0.3.2) Contao module to invoise a garden club
  
  
• bread/rest (v0.6.19) Bread REST framework
  
  
• experience/laracart (0.2.0) Laravel shopping cart, with support for multiple product types, guest carts, and more.
  
  
• hrevert/ht-day-module (0.0.1) Zend Framework 2 integration for day-of-week library
  
  
• bepado/sdk (v1.5.45) The PHP Software Development Kit for Shop developers.
  
  
• tijsverkoyen/css-to-inline-styles (1.5.1, 1.5.0, 1.4.4, 1.4.3, 1.4.2) CssToInlineStyles is a class that enables you to convert HTML-pages/files into HTML-pages/files with inline styles. This is very useful when you're sending emails.
  
  
• stefano/stefano-tree (1.3.3) Library for managing tree structures
  
  
• bycedric/inquiry (v0.1.0) A Laravel URI syntax parser, designed for REST apis.
  
  
• lotaris/rox-client-phpunit (v0.1.0) PHPUnit client for submitting test results to ROX Center.
  
  
• techdivision/persistencecontainerprotocol (0.2.1) Implements the native Persistence-Container protocol.
  
  
• techdivision/connection (0.1.1) Connection abstract layer implementation for usage in server context
  
  
• aracademia/lightning (1.0) Create Laravel forms with a single line of code
  
  
• ufirst/lang-import-export (1.0.0-beta) A Laravel package providing artisan commands to import and export language files from and to CSV.
  
  
• techdivision/appserver (0.9.1) Thread based PHP daemon to implement stuff like message queues.
  
  
• techdivision/websocketprotocol (0.2.1) Provides a web socket connection handler.
  
  
• techdivision/application (0.2.1) A threaded application implementation to allow a separate context for each application.
  
  
• stefano/stefano-db (1.4.0) Db Modul extend Zend Framework 2
  
  
• techdivision/configuration (0.1.2) Basic XML based configuration implementation.
  
  
• techdivision/servlet (0.6.1) Servlet package default implementation.
  
  
• techdivision/context (0.5.9) Context package default implementation.
  
  
• techdivision/collections (0.1.1) Package that provides basic PHP collections and utilities.
  
  
• cargomedia/cm (1.56.0)
  
  
• umisoft/umi.framework (1.0.1) UMI.Framework Version 1
  
  
• techdivision/fastcgimodule (0.1.2) A Fast-CGI module for a php webserver
  
  
• techdivision/webserver (0.2.1) Multithreaded webserver for php written in php
  
  
• techdivision/lang (0.1.1) Lang package implementation providing basic PHP datatypes.
  
  
• tomkyle/databases (1.0.8, 1.0.7) Creates generic connections to common database APIs, provided by easy-to-use connection factories. For multiple databases, a Service Locator helps you creating those factories.
  
  
• data-dog/php-nsq (0.2.2, 0.2.1) NSQ publisher for PHP
  
  
• aboutyou/app-sdk (0.9.7) ABOUT YOU app SDK
  
  
• cog/stupidmqbundle (2.2.2, 2.1.2, 2.4.3) stupid message queue bundle for sf2
  
  
• typo3/typo3-cms-base-distribution (6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) TYPO3 CMS Base Distribution
  
  
• asgoodasnu/guzzlecommandclient (v0.4) Guzzle Client for Symfony2
  
  
• phirational/laravel-conditional-seeder (1.0.2) Laravel trait providing methods for conditional database seeding.
  
  
• simplyadmire/composer-plugins (1.0.2) Composer plugin for installing PHP_CodeSniffer standards
  
  
• martin-kozianka/contao-opengraph (0.3.4) Opengraph
  
  
• league/flysystem (0.5.3) Filesystem abstraction, but easy.
  
  
• datasift/storyplayer (1.5.4) Bring your user and service stories to life through test automation
  
  
• treehouselabs/keystone-bundle (v1.0.0) A Symfony2 implementation of the OpenStack Identity Service API: Keystone
  
  
• davidyell/seo (0.1.0) A CakePHP plugin for managing SEO
  
  
• nanapi/cakephp-cloud-search (1.1.1) Amazon CloudSearch DataSource Plugin for CakePHP
  
  
• fenos/rally (1.0.10) Followers system for laravel 4
  
  
• oneup/contao-full-background-images (v1.1.0) Use full background images in Contao Open Source CMS. This extension also provides a full background image slider/fader.
  
  
• mohammad-mahdy/yii2-jdate (0.7) Jalali date & time.
  
  
• shuttlelang/shuttle-php (0.22) Shuttle-php
  
  
• clubmaster/formextra (1.18) ClubMaster form extra.
  
  
• greg0ire/enum-bundle (1.0.0) Integrates greg0ire/enum in a Symfony2 project
  
  
• webtoucher/yii2-migrate (v1.0.1) Yii 2 extension for creating and running migrations
  
  
• antoineaugusti/laravel-sentiment-analysis (v1.1.0) A Laravel wrapper that performs sentiment analysis over an English sentence
  
  
• avocode/form-extensions-bundle (v0.1.5) Add additional form types to symfony2
  
  
• symfony2admingenerator/form-extensions-bundle (v0.1.5) Add additional form types to symfony2
  
  
• naonaox1126/vizualizer_twitter (v1.3.17) Visual Framework in PHP
  
  
• kinglozzer/multiselectfield (1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0) A sortable multiple select field for managing many-to-many relations
  
  
• ipunkt/laravel-route-cache (1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0) Simple Cache for Laravel Routes sending 304 and cached static content
  
  
• networking/init-cms-sandbox (2.5.0) the "Symfony Standard Edition" distribution with the networking init CMS bundle configured
  
  
• parsleyjs/parsleyjs (2.0.3) JavaScript form validation with DOM API
  
  
• oe/housenum-be-r-parser (0.1.0) Splitter and Merger for Belgian housenumbers
  
  
• eazy/cache (0.1.1) The Eazy Cache Component
  
  
• elcodi/elcodi (v0.1.12) Barebones Ecommerce functionality for Symfony
  
  
• contao-community-alliance/dc-general (2.0.0-beta15) Universal data container for Contao
  
  
• raymondidema/commandee (3.0) Command/Event Dispatcher
  
  
• ephect/simpleprofiler (v0.1.2, v0.1.1, v0.1.0) A simple profiler tool that helps track execution time and memory usage.
  
  
• mollie/reseller-api (1.5.0) Mollie Reseller API
  
  
• bllim/datatables (v1.4.1) Server-side handler of DataTables Jquery Plugin for Laravel 4
  
  
• pingpong/modules (1.0.8) Laravel 4 - Simple Modules
  
  
• martin-kozianka/contao-fussball (0.4.2) Contao Fussball - Erweiterung zur Verwaltung eines Amateurvereins
  
  
• aquanode/formation (v0.6.0) A powerful form creation composer package for Laravel 4.
  
  
• icecave/repr (1.0.1) A library for generating string representations of any value, inspired by Python's reprlib library.
  
  
• xethron/migrations-generator (v1.2.2) Generates Laravel Migrations from an existing database
  
  
• jacobstr/matura (v0.1.1) A mocha/rspec inspired testing framework for php.
  
  

If you're a part of a development team anywhere, chances are at one point or another you've asked for someone else to take a look at your code and give their opinions. Maybe it was you looking over a coworker's latest addition and it was...somewhat lacking. How can you say it in a constructive and nice way? The Inviqa techPortal has some suggestions.

Feedback on performance matters. It not only maintains quality, refines and hones performance, but it can also improve morale and trust, and build relationships. It can stop minor problems from escalating into major capability issues. It's something that every people manager or team leader should be doing as standard, and yet it's so hard to get right. For some people, giving good feedback is easy. [...] Delivering negative feedback can be a tricky process so how do you give negative feedback, or (as the much hackneyed phrase would have it) "constructive" feedback?

The post includes a list of six things to think about as you provide feedback to other developers (and even as a manager to your employees). The list suggests things like making it timely, listening to their side of things and setting a plan for resolving the issue.

Following several other posts with the "common mistakes PHP developers make" theme, Bruno Skvorc has posted his own list of seven things he sees developers doing over and over.

Back at the end of June, TopTal, the freelance marketplace, published a post about 10 Most Common Mistakes PHP Programmers Make. The list wasn't exhaustive, but it was well written and pointed out some very interesting pitfalls one should be wary of - even if I wouldn't personally list the mistakes as very common. I encourage you to give it a thorough read - it has some truly valuable information you should be aware of - especially the first eight points.

His additions to the list of common mistakes includes:

• Using the mysql extension
• Not rewriting URLs
• Assigning in Conditions
• Being Too Transparent

You can read the full list and summaries of each in the rest of the post.

The PHP development group has officially released the latest in the PHP 5.4.x and 5.5.x series today: PHP 5.4.31 and PHP 5.5.15

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.31 [and PHP 5.5.13[. Over 10 bugs were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

Bugs fixed in these releases include updates to the core language, the built-in CLI server, the PostgreSQL extension and the streams interface. You can view the full list of changes (and related bugs) in the full Changelog. As always, you can download this latest release either from the main downloads page or from windows.php.net for the Windows users.

NetTuts.com has published a few more WordPress tips and best practices to help you get the most out of your WordPress-based application.

Welcome to the second part of the series. In the first article, we explained the WordPress Coding Standards, how to avoid namespaces collisions, comments in the code, and some basic security tips. Today, we are going to go a bit deeper and write some more code and learn some techniques to improve performance and security of our plugins.

They look specifically at when you should include your scripts and styles, formatting Ajax calls and working with filters and actions. Code snippets are included with each point with links to some other resources for some of the topics to provide more information.

• phasty/events (0.1) PHP events library
  
  
• wikibase/data-model (0.8.2) PHP implementation of the Wikibase DataModel
  
  
• burnbright/silverstripe-omnipay (1.0.0) SilverStripe Omnipay Payment Module
  
  
• phasty/process (0.1) PHP for asynchronous task execution
  
  
• heyday/silverstripe-cacheinclude (4.0.2, 4.0.1)
  
  
• devello/reflection (0.6.1.2) Reflection extensions
  
  
• matmar10/rest-api-bundle (1.0.0-rc3, 1.0.0-rc2) A Symfony Bundle that enables the use of @Api annotation to automatically serialize any return value from any controller using JMS Serializer.
  
  
• jacobstr/matura (v0.1.0) A mocha/rspec inspired testing framework for php.
  
  
• jacobstr/esperance (v0.1.2, v0.1.1) BDD style assertion library for PHP.
  
  
• aydin-hassan/xml-fuse (0.3.0) Small Library to turn merge data using XPaths
  
  
• cyantree/grout (4.4) Framework and toolkit
  
  
• components/foundation (5.3.1) The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world.
  
  
• nibynool/fitbit-interface-bundle (0.5.3) A Symfony >=2.3.0 Bundle for accessing the Fitbit API.
  
  
• laracasts/commander (1.2.1, 1.2.0) Commands and domain events in Laravel
  
  
• solution10/collection (v1.1.0) A simple and fast Collection class
  
  
• cerbero/workflow (1.0.1, 1.0.0) Speed up the workflow to add new features to your Laravel projects.
  
  
• arkanmgerges/multi-tier-architecture (1.3.0, 1.2.0) Multi-Tier Architecture core used for building applications
  
  
• heroku/heroku-buildpack-php (v29) Toolkit for starting a PHP application locally, with or without foreman, using the same config for PHP/HHVM and Apache2/Nginx as on Heroku
  
  
• jacopo/laravel-library (1.0.1) General laravel library package
  
  
• zenify/doctrine-methods-hydrator (v1.0.3, v1.0.2) Hydrates presenter methods from parameters to entities
  
  
• lavender/lavender (v0.6.0) jade-esque templates for PHP 5.3
  
  
• webandcow/bs_helpers (1.1.1) Extension of the CakePHP's FormHelper and HtmlHelper to use the framework Twitter Bootstrap v3.0.0 more easily
  
  
• justintadlock/hybrid-core (2.0.1) Hybrid Core WordPress theme framework
  
  
• docdigital/pdf-manager-bundle (v1.0.2, v1.0.1) Pdf Management Bundle to merge, split PDFs
  
  
• buskamuza/product-community-edition (0.1.0-alpha90) N/A
  
  
• v3labs/math (0.4) Math library for php 5.4+
  
  
• juy/setting (1.0.4) Laravel database settings
  
  
• zfcampus/zf-console (1.0.3) Library for creating and dispatching console commands
  
  
• bldr-io/bldr (6.3.0) Simple Build System / Task Runner
  
  
• dflydev/doctrine-orm-service-provider (v1.0.6, v2.0.0) Doctrine ORM Service Provider
  
  
• malezha/sentry-auth-laravel (1.2.5, 1.2.4) Sentry Auth Driver for Laravel
  
  
• he-rnand-es/hipchat-laravel (v0.1, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1) HipChat PHP Client Wrapper for Laravel 4.2+
  
  
• phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo (v3.1.14) phpSysInfo is a customizable PHP Script that parses /proc, and formats information nicely. It will display information about system facts like Uptime, CPU, Memory, PCI devices, SCSI devices, IDE devices, Network adapters, Disk usage, and more.
  
  
• drmabuse/yii2-sir-trevor-js (0.0.5) Yii 2 Sir Trevor JS widget
  
  
• babzich/logentries-bundle (0.1) A simple wrapper for the Logentries library
  
  
• wan2land/wandu-core (1.4.2) This is for me. Simple Core for all of works.
  
  
• contao-bootstrap/form (1.0.0-beta1) Navigation templates supporting bootstrap dropdown navigation
  
  
• contao-bootstrap/templates (1.0.0-beta1) Modified Contao templates supporting Bootstrap markup
  
  
• contao-bootstrap/core (1.0.0-beta1) Core of Contao Bootstrap extension
  
  
• contao-bootstrap/components (1.0.0-beta1) Bootstrap components for Contao CMS
  
  
• contao-bootstrap/layout (1.0.0-beta1) Bootstrap layout integration in Contao
  
  
• algolia/algoliasearch-client-php (1.3.1) Algolia Search API Client for PHP
  
  
• condenast/pangea (1.7.012)
  
  
• ac/fiendish-bundle (0.2.3, 0.2.2) Background daemons for your Symfony2 app
  
  
• docdigital/cdn-bundle (v1.0.0) manages file uploads and downloads at Resourcesmedia%s
  
  
• traackr/traackr-api-php (0.10) Traackr API PHP Library
  
  
• sensiolabs/connect-bundle (v3.1.0) Official bundle for the SensioLabs Connect SDK
  
  
• contao-community-alliance/dc-general (2.0.0-beta14) Universal data container for Contao
  
  
• creativesoftworks/behat-wiremock-context-extension (v0.2) A Behat Extension that makes use of Wiremock as a test double for API calls
  
  
• etsy/phpunit-extensions (v0.7.0) Etsy PHPUnit Extensions
  
  
• carlosio/geckoboard (1.0.4) A PHP library for dealing with Geckoboard API (http://www.geckoboard.com)
  
  
• gettext/gettext (v1.1.0) PHP - JS gettext conversor
  
  
• dizews/yii2-crud-buttons (0.1.0) It is a widget for Yii2 framework which control a crud buttons.
  
  
• mediasilo/phoenix-php-sdk (0.6.2)
  
  
• voceconnect/lift-search (1.9.6, 1.9.5, 1.9.4) Lift leverages the search index power of Amazon CloudSearch to improve your WordPress-powered site's search experience. Learn more at: http://getliftsearch.com
  
  
• wsdl2phpgenerator/wsdl2phpgenerator (2.4.1) Simple utility and class library for generating php classes from a wsdl file.
  
  
• koala-framework/library-modernizr (v1.8.3-p0) Modernizr JavaScript Library
  
  
• atroxide/police-activity (1.0.4) Library for scraping Texarkana's police-activity email attachments.
  
  
• midnight/google-places (v1.0.1) A Google Places API wrapper
  
  
• ujm/exo-bundle (1.3.3)
  
  
• netgusto/deviation-bundle (1.0.0) Symfony2 Deviation Bundle
  
  
• aptoma/twig-markdown (1.0.0) Twig extension to work with Markdown content
  
  
• graham-campbell/navigation (v1.0.0-beta1) Navigation Is A Navigation Bar Generator For Laravel 4.2+
  
  
• kartik-v/yii2-datecontrol (v1.1.0) Date control module allowing separation of formats for View and Model for Yii Framework 2.0
  
  
• doctrine/phpcr-odm (1.2.0-RC1) Object-Document-Mapper for PHPCR
  
  
• bhoeting/navigation-builder (1.2) A Blade helper to easily create Navigation HTML.
  
  
• data-dog/php-nsq (0.2.0) NSQ publisher for PHP
  
  
• treehouselabs/slugifier (v1.0.0) Slugifier
  
  
• keboola/orchestrator-php-client (1.0.5) PHP Client for KBC Orchestrator
  
  
• otak/maestro (1.0.27, 1.0.26) Next-generation MVC Micro-Framework for PHP5.3+
  
  
• complyadvantage/php-sanctions-api (0.6) PHP wrapper for the ComplyAdvantage Sanctions API
  
  
• complyadvantage/php-compliance-api (0.6) PHP wrapper for the ComplyAdvantage Sanctions API
  
  
• bartlett/php-compatinfo (3.2.0) Find out the minimum version and the extensions required for a piece of code to run
  
  
• qafoolabs/profiler (v0.5.4) Simple library that wraps Xhprof profile collection and sends to Qafoo Profiler
  
  
• voilab/exhumer (0.9.1, 0.9.0) Small models unserializer tool.
  
  
• webpatser/laravel-countries (1.2) Laravel Countries is a bundle for Laravel, providing Almost ISO 3166_2, 3166_3, currency, Capital and more for all countries.
  
  
• netgusto/bootcamp (1.0.0) Easy paas/classic platform integration with Symfony2
  
  
• lafourchette/l10n-bundle (v1.1.0) A bundle to manage localization
  
  
• hostnet/entity-plugin-lib (1.5.3) Installer for all the Hostnet Doctrine entity libraries
  
  
• fieryprophet/php-sandbox (v1.3.8) A PHP library that can be used to run PHP code in a sandboxed environment
  
  
• voilab/tinycms (0.1.0) Small textfile based CMS
  
  
• netgusto/bootcamp-bundle (1.0.5, 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.1) Symfony2 BootCamp Bundle
  
  
• netgusto/parametertouch-bundle (1.0.1, 1.0.0) Symfony2 BootCamp Bundle
  
  
• voilab/restanswer (0.1.0) Response system for REST Apis.
  
  
• ehesp/steam-login (v1.0.0) A simple PHP Steam login and validation package
  
  
• bariew/yii2-node-tree (2.0.0-beta) Uses unique ids to create tree and display it with jstree
  
  
• bartlett/php-reflect (2.2.0) Adds the ability to reverse-engineer classes, interfaces, functions, constants, namespaces, traits and more.
  
  
• prismic/php-sdk (1.0.6-beta) PHP development kit for prismic.io
  
  
• voilab/serviceanswer (0.1.0) Yet another mean to standardize a service answer with error management.
  
  
• escapework/laravel-asset-versioning (0.1.4) Package to help you avoid cache by versioning your assets
  
  
• madeyourday/contao-rocksolid-custom-elements (v1.2.0) Create your own, nestable content elements using a modular system. End the WYSIWYG chaos with your own content elements.
  
  
• appserver-io/build (0.1.0) Generic build- and deployment targets
  
  
• avisota/contao-message (2.0.1) Manage messages within the backend.
  
  
• kinglozzer/silverstripe-columnedlist (1.0.0) An SS_ListDecorator to facilitate stacking data vertically in columns
  
  
• vesparny/silex-simple-rest (v2.2.0) A simple silex skeleton for rest api
  
  
• swarrot/swarrot-bundle (v1.0.2) SwarrotBundle
  
  
• davidyell/seo (0.0.6) A CakePHP plugin for managing SEO
  
  
• keboola/storage-api-client (2.11.17) Keboola Storage API PHP CLient
  
  
• bariew/yii2-notice-cms-module (2.0.0-alpha)
  
  
• flint/tacker (1.0.1) Easy configuration based on Symfony Config
  
  
• anlutro/l4-repository (0.7.2) Repository classes for Laravel 4.
  
  
• philo/laravel-translate (v1.0.5) Translation manager for Laravel 4
  
  
• watson/active (1.2.4) Laravel 4 helper for recognising the current route, controller and action
  
  
• vivait/bootstrap-bundle (1.2) Bootstrap Common Bundle
  
  
• boekkooi/twig-jack-bundle (v1.0.6, v1.0.5, v1.0.4) Handy additional features for Twig within symfony 2
  
  
• experience/laracart (0.1.0) Laravel shopping cart, with support for multiple product types, guest carts, and more.
  
  
• voilab/acedao (0.9.6) AceDAO, a simple yet powerful query system
  
  
• pimple/pimple (v3.0.0, v2.1.1) Pimple is a simple Dependency Injection Container for PHP 5.3
  
  
• sulu/security-bundle (0.5.1) Security Bundle for the Sulu CMS
  
  
• yoozi/miner (1.0.3) PHP library to extract the metadata from a public web page and/or summarize it.
  
  
• yoozi/golem (1.0.3) PHP development toolkit for Yoozi RD team.
  
  
• techdivision/php-by-contract (0.3.4) A lightweight Design-by-Contract library for PHP
  
  
• thadafinser/zfc-datagrid-examples (v1.0.1, v1.0) Examples for thadafinser/zfc-datagrid
  
  
• visualappeal/piwik-php-api (1.0.0)
  
  
• bc/cmf (0.1.6.5) simple cmf (application, controller, command, etc.)
  
  
• chippyash/strong-type (1.0.2) Strong type support. For when you absolutely want to know what you are getting
  
  
• prolic/humus-supervisor-module (v0.1.2, v0.1.1) Supervisor module for Zend Framework 2 based on supervisord
  
  
• harp-orm/harp (0.3.2) Light and Flexible ORM without magic
  
  
• dlondero/gh-dashboard (0.3.1, 0.3.0) Add missing feature to list issues mentioning me in Github's organization dashboard!
  
  
• mohammad-mahdy/yii2-jdate (0.6) Jalali date & time.
  
  
• monarobase/country-list (1.2.0) List of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes in all languages and data formats for Laravel 4
  
  
• fobiaweb/php-helper-lib (v0.2.1)
  
  
• dinesh/bugonemail (V1.0) Get Laravel Bug or Error instant notification by Emails
  
  
• zenozeng/gitlab-changelog (v0.1.1, v0.1.0) A simple php script to generate changelog via gitlab API v3
  
  
• eazy/cache (0.1.0) The Eazy Cache Component
  
  
• marcelerz/php-callable-spy (1.0.0) Spy library for testing php callables
  
  
• solpak/solpak-project (1.1.3) solpak
  
  
• bradcrumb/bc_zf-less-compiler (1.1.0) A LessCompiler Module for ZF2
  
  
• nikita2206/poller (v0.1.1) Poller library can be used for polling stuff: Sockets, other processes, file system, anything!
  
  
• samwilson/kohana_webdb (4.4.2) A database user-interface system (Ã la phpMyAdmin, but without the administrative capabilities, and suitable for non-technical users) built on the Kohana framework.
  
  
• webtoucher/yii2-commands (v1.0.3) Yii 2 extension wrapper for console controllers.
  
  
• jamesfurey/url-linker (1.0.0) Kwi's UrlLinker, modified for Composer.
  
  

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PHPMaster.com has posted the second part of their best practices in REST APIs series with this new post focusing more on the implementation part of things.

We ended the first part of this tutorial with all the basic layers of our API in place. We have our server setup, authentication system, JSON input/output, error management and a couple of dummy routes. But, most importantly, we wrote the README file that defines resources and actions. Now it's time to deal with these resources.

They move on and add more functionality for creating (POST) and updating (PUT/PATCH) contacts in the system. They also show how to list contacts and add in some search handling allowing for sorting and returning only certain data. There's also some code for pagination handling, locating a single contact record, basic caching and simple rate limiting.

The /Dev/Hell podcast has released their latest episode today, number 48: Old As Dirt. In this episode hosts Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler are joined by guest Elizabeth Smith about being "old as dirt" and mentoring other developers.

Our guest this week is Elizabeth Smith, PHP internals veteran and guru of PHP on Windows (she says "I wish every company was as good at giving back to open source as Microsoft"). We talk about being Old as Dirt in relation to a blog post Ed made last week, how to mentor up and coming developers, and the history of PHP on Windows.

They also talk about Ed's The Developer's Dystopian Future article, PHP-GTK and the PHPMentoring project. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly.