February 25, 2010 - 10:56 pm
Tags: bugs, changelog, PHP 5.2.13, safe_mode, Security
Posted in PHP | 1 comment
PHP 5.2.13 was released today, fixing over 40 bugs. PHP recommends that all users on the 5.2 branch upgrade as soon as possible. Included below are various bugs fixed in this release, and links to the official changelog, release announcement, and download page.
Improved LCG entropy (security)
Fixed safe_mode validation inside tempnam() when… (security)
Fixed open_basedir/safe_mode bypass in [...]
We’ve been paying close attention to new PHP releases, with a focus on the 5.3.x series release branch, but an important security update has been made to the 5.2.x branch. The new max_file_uploads PHP directive will prevent DOS (denial of service) attacks that happen by using file uploads to create temporary file exhaustion. This is [...]
Yes, that’s right, another PHP 5.2 version, and the fourth release candidate for PHP 5.3.1… the details are as follows:
PHP 5.3.1 RC4
Three bug fixes including one for mysqli and safe_mode_include_dir
Complete list
PHP 5.2.12 RC1
Added max_file_uploads as seen in PHP 5.3.1 RC3, which helps prevent DOS attacks occurring via temporary file exhaustion
Fixed Snow Leopard build error
Fixed make [...]
September 7, 2009 - 7:22 pm
Tags: cPanel, php 5.3.1, release candidate, WHM
Posted in PHP | 3 comments
This is just a notice to let everyone know that the first PHP 5.3.1 release candidate has been released. For those of you who use cPanel/WHM, this means that you are one step closer to having out-of-the-box PHP 5.3 support. On cPanel’s forums, a member of cPanel Quality Assurance said cPanel would most likely wait [...]
November 10, 2009 - 3:24 am
i wonder if somebody is working on the problem, that currently $this is not allowed inside of closure?
November 11, 2009 - 12:24 am
Can you give an example?
Good info on PHP closures: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/closures
November 12, 2009 - 5:30 am
@Chris Strosser
yes:
class test {
protected $f = 5;
function doSomething($array) {
array_walk($array, function($item) {
$item * $this->f;
});
}
}
$this in closure context was removed between some php beta and the php final. ok — for private/protected properties you could copy them and access them with “use”, but you can’t do this with private/protected class methods.
November 12, 2009 - 10:47 pm
@harald
Interesting… I was not aware. This is good for people to know. I wonder why they did this…