Tag: PHP

PHP 5.5.19 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They include a fix for regressions in the FPM SAPI (See 1, 2 and 3) that is present in the upstream version of PHP 5.5.19.

The following modules have been packaged too :

apcu 4.0.7
gearman 0.8.3
geoip 1.0.8
imagick 3.1.2
memcache 3.0.8
memcached 2.2.0
mongo 1.5.8
pecl_http 1.7.6
pinba (master)
redis 2.2.5
spplus 1.1
ssh2 0.12
xcache 3.2.0
xdebug 2.2.6
xhprof 0.9.4

Please read the Changelog and the migration guide (be aware of the backward incompatible changes) before upgrading.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release, security

PHP

PHP 5.6.3 for Wheezy

On November 13th 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.6.3.

This release fixes several bugs and one CVE in the fileinfo extension. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

PHP 5.6.3 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They include a fix for regressions in the FPM SAPI (See 1, 2 and 3) that is present in the upstream version of PHP 5.6.3.

Please also note these points :

Regression : php5-memcached lacks JSON support
Missing packages : Xcachen Xdebug and Xhprof are missing for now
End of support : Spplus won’t be supported anymore. Pinba’s fates hasn’t been decided yet.

As a consequence :

Don’t upgrade yet if you need missing features
For users upgrading from PHP 5.5, a full migration guide is available, detailing the changes between 5.5 and 5.6.0
The full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog
Your feedbacks are always welcome. Just make sure they are useful.

To install PHP 5.6 or to upgrade from previous version just follow the instructions.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release, security

PHP

PHP 5.4.34, for Wheezy and Squeeze

Post author By Guillaume Plessis
Post date October 24, 2014
2 Comments on PHP 5.4.34, for Wheezy and Squeeze

On October 16th 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.4.34.

6 security-related bugs were fixed in this release, including fixes for CVE-2014-3668, CVE-2014-3669 and CVE-2014-3670. Also, a fix for OpenSSL which produced regressions was reverted. All PHP 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb :

for Debian 7 “Wheezy” and Debian 6 “Squeeze”,
on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

The following modules have been packaged too :

APC 3.1.13
apcu 4.0.7
ffmpeg 0.6.0 (Squeeze only)
gearman 0.8.3
geoip 1.0.8
imagick 3.1.2
memcache 3.0.8
memcached 2.2.0
mongo 1.5.7
pecl_http 1.7.6
pinba (master)
redis 2.2.5
spplus 1.1
ssh2 0.12
xcache 3.2.0
xdebug 2.2.5
xhprof 0.9.4
zendopcache 7.0.3

As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release, security

PHP

PHP 5.5.18 for Debian Wheezy

Post author By Guillaume Plessis
Post date October 22, 2014
4 Comments on PHP 5.5.18 for Debian Wheezy

On October 16th 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.5.18.

Several bugs were fixed in this release. A regression in OpenSSL introduced in PHP 5.5.17 has also been addressed in this release. PHP 5.5.18 also fixes 4 CVEs in different components. All PHP 5.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

PHP 5.5.18 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

The following modules have been packaged too :

apcu 4.0.7
gearman 0.8.3
geoip 1.0.8
imagick 3.1.2
memcache 3.0.8
memcached 2.2.0
mongo 1.5.7
pecl_http 1.7.6
pinba (master)
redis 2.2.5
spplus 1.1
ssh2 0.12
xcache 3.2.0
xdebug 2.2.5
xhprof 0.9.4

Please read the Changelog and the migration guide (be aware of the backward incompatible changes) before upgrading.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release, security

PHP

PHP 5.6.2 for Wheezy

On October 16th 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.6.2.

Four security-related bugs were fixed in this release, including fixes for CVE-2014-3668, CVE-2014-3669 and CVE-2014-3670. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

PHP 5.6.2 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Please also note these points :

Regression : php5-memcached lacks JSON support
Missing packages : Xcachen Xdebug and Xhprof are missing for now
End of support : Spplus won’t be supported anymore. Pinba’s fates hasn’t been decided yet.

As a consequence :

Don’t upgrade yet if you need missing features
For users upgrading from PHP 5.5, a full migration guide is available, detailing the changes between 5.5 and 5.6.0
The full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog
Your feedbacks are always welcome. Just make sure they are useful.

To install PHP 5.6 or to upgrade from previous version just follow the instructions.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release

Miscellaneous PHP

PHP 5.6.1 for Wheezy

On October 2nd 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.6.1.

Several bugs were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

PHP 5.6.1 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.6 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Please also note these points :

Regression : php5-memcached lacks JSON support
Missing packages : Xdebug and Xhprof are missing for now
End of support : Spplus won’t be supported anymore. Xcache’s and Pinba’s fates haven’t been decided yet

As a consequence :

Don’t upgrade yet if you need missing features
For users upgrading from PHP 5.5, a full migration guide is available, detailing the changes between 5.5 and 5.6.0
The full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog
Your feedbacks are always welcome. Just make sure they are useful.

To install PHP 5.6 or to upgrade from previous version just follow the instructions.

Tags PHP, PHP5, release

PHP

PHP 5.6.0 packages for Wheezy

Post author By Guillaume Plessis
Post date September 22, 2014
45 Comments on PHP 5.6.0 packages for Wheezy

On August 28th, the PHP group released the first stable version of the new major branch, PHP 5.6.0 :

The PHP Development Team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.6.0. This new version comes with new features, some backward incompatible changes and many improvements.

The main features of PHP 5.6.0 include:

Constant scalar expressions.

Variadic functions and argument unpacking using the … operator.

Exponentiation using the ** operator.

Function and constant importing with the use keyword.

phpdbg as an interactive integrated debugger SAPI.

php://input is now reusable, and $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated.

GMP objects now support operator overloading.

File uploads larger than 2 gigabytes in size are now accepted.

For a full list of new features, you may read the new features chapter of the migration guide.

PHP 5.6.0 also introduces changes that affect compatibility:

Array keys won’t be overwritten when defining an array as a property of a class via an array literal.

json_decode() is more strict in JSON syntax parsing.

Stream wrappers now verify peer certificates and host names by default when using SSL/TLS.

GMP resources are now objects.

Mcrypt functions now require valid keys and IVs.

On the Dotdeb side now, I wanted to make things right, so I spent my last 3 week-ends changing what happens under the hood :

First, syncing the packaging method to Sid’s one. Thanks to the Debian maintainers for their awesome work!
The main PHP 5.6 packages are now built using git-buildpackage.
The PECL extensions are now built using pkg-php-tools and a modified version of debpear. More info here… (Meaning that you could soon be able to easily package your own extensions).

Therefore, I’m now proud to announce that :

Packages of PHP 5.6.0 are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy” on amd64 and i386 architectures
PECL extensions now have their own version numbers to reflect what really happens on pecl.php.net. The upgrade from previous versions of PHP should be seamless.
The brand new PHP debugger, phpdbg is available through its dedicated package : php5-phpdbg
msgpack support is now available by installing php5-msgpack
Pthreads support is now available by installing php5-pthreads
php5-http from previous versions of PHP has been updated and renamed php5-pecl-http, according to Debian’s guidelines

Of course, there are still points to be worked on :

Regression : php5-memcached lacks JSON support
Improvement : igbinary to be supported in PHP 5.6 (php5-igbinary), in php5-memcached and in php5-redis. As well as msgpack in php5-memcached
Missing packages : Xdebug and Xhprof are missing for now
End of support : Spplus won’t be supported anymore. Xcache’s and Pinba’s fates haven’t been decided yet

Considering this, these first packages should be seen as a preview :

Don’t upgrade critical/production environments yet, or at your own risk!
For users upgrading from PHP 5.5, a full migration guide is available, detailing the changes between 5.5 and 5.6.0
The full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog
Make sure that you understand the above PHP/Debian/Dotdeb changes and that you don’t need any of the missing features
Your feedbacks are always welcome. Just make sure they are useful.

To install PHP 5.6 or to upgrade from previous version just follow the instructions.

I hope you’ll enjoy this new major version of PHP. And as usual, feel free to show your support 🙂

Tags pecl, PHP, PHP5

PHP

PHP 5.4.33, for Wheezy and Squeeze

Post author By Guillaume Plessis
Post date September 20, 2014
5 Comments on PHP 5.4.33, for Wheezy and Squeeze

On September 18th 2014, the PHP group released PHP 5.4.33.

10 bugs were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

This release is the last planned release that contains regular bugfixes. All the consequent releases will contain only security-relevant fixes, for the term of one year. PHP 5.4 users that need further bugfixes are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.6 or PHP 5.5.

The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb :