Composer 2.0 has been released
Here are the most important changes and upgrade instructions.
Read more [blog.packagist.com]
Posts tagged with upgrade
Upgrade to PHP 7.4 with Homebrew on Mac
As usual, my colleague Brent wrote a post with clear instructions on how to upgrade. As a bonus he also provides some necessary steps to get PHP 7.4 to work in Valet.
Read more [stitcher.io]
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Laravel by the numbers
Laravel Shift is a service that can help upgrade a Laravel app. The creator of the service, Jason McCreary, published some interesting statistics on the Laravel apps that were upgraded by the service.
At the time of this writing, Shift has upgraded over 8,500 Laravel apps. Every time a Shift runs a log file is created. Initially, these log files were for debugging. A way for me to not only offer support, but log events that let me know how I might improve the services.
Read more [jason.pureconcepts.net]
Dropbox will turn off v1 of their API soon. It's time to update your PHP application. original
Last year on 28th of June Dropbox deprecated v1 of their API. On the same date this year they will turn off all v1 endpoints. If you're using Flysystem, Laravel or the official PHP SDK to work with Dropbox, it's the time to update. Last week my company released a Dropbox API client and a Flysystem…
PHP 5: Active Support Ends. Now what?
Starting from tomorrow PHP 5.6. will not be actively supported anymore. Sebastian Bergmann, author of PHPUnit explains how PHP's release process works, and what the ending of active support means for you. Spoiler: you should upgrade asap.
It is high time to think about upgrading your PHP stack to PHP 7, ideally to PHP 7.1. This should be a short-term goal for you.Upgrading the version of PHP you use must not be a rare event you are afraid of. You must not think of upgrading your PHP stack as a "special project". You need to make upgrading the PHP version you use part of your normal operational procedure and align the upgrade cycle of your PHP stack with the release cycle of the PHP project. This should be a long-term goal for you.
https://thephp.cc/news/2016/12/php-5-active-support-ends-now-what
Upgrading to PHP 7.1 is easy original
PHP 7.1 was released last week. It has many nice new features. If you're anything like me, you want to use the latest version right way. Upgrading to PHP 7.1 is not that difficult. Personally I use homebrew. The steps required to upgrade from 7.0 are laughably simple. Just issue this command in your…
