Brian Geraghty gave a great, in-depth talk on techniques you can use while developing your software to improve it’s security.  These aren’t just the “usual” linup either.  Personally, I’ve used his trim($s) === ” trick at least a dozen times since I saw this.  Be sure to check it out if you missed it, and check his “Part 2” in September!

I did my 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.”

Most people who actively work with PHP every day rarely confine themselves to just PHP.

PHP Developers have access to a nearly dizzying array of tools, packages, language features, QA tools and countless frameworks and styles to develop with.  In this Tour of the PHP Ecosystem, long time PHP enthusiast Dan Holmes will attempt to highlight many of the projects and developments that have come of age in recent years.

Whether you have long settled on one particular style or framework for development, or just looking at PHP for the first time, we are sure you will spot something fresh you hadn’t seen before.