Next Meeting

[Trevor Morse]

Hi Everyone,

For those of you that attended the last meeting, it was great to meet
you all and put faces to names. For those of you who couldn't make it,
hopefully we'll see you this time.

Figured it would be a good idea to give more of a heads up for the
next meeting. How does Feb. 10 sound for everyone? It will probably be
at the Norex office(Brandon can you confirm this is still ok?).

If you weren't in attendance at the last meeting we decided to keep it
informal for this next one, but have everyone(or at least those that
wanted to) pick a new feature of PHP 5.3 to research a bit and talk
about.

Here's a quick list I have put together. Feel free to speak for one,
or if I have forgotten any, feel free to add!

- namespaces (including use keyword and aliasing)
- class constants
- late static binding
- variable static calls
- new error levels
- Lambda Functions and Closures
- NOWDOC
- ternary shortcut
- goto
- mysqlnd

[D. Keith Casey Jr.]

PHAR is pretty nifty too. It's basically JAR files but you can combine
it with something like a PEAR channel to get dependency management. I'm
a contributor to a very module-based open source project and trying to
think of how we can make use of it.

I think the panic over 'goto' is overblown. Just execute anyone who uses
it inappropriately. Once you do that once or twice, problem solved. ;)

But then again, I can't make it to the meeting. It's kind of a long
commute...

kc

Trevor Morse wrote:
> Here's a quick list I have put together. Feel free to speak for one,
> or if I have forgotten any, feel free to add!
>
> - namespaces (including use keyword and aliasing)
> - class constants
> - late static binding
> - variable static calls
> - new error levels
> - Lambda Functions and Closures
> - NOWDOC
> - ternary shortcut
> - goto
> - mysqlnd

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D. Keith Casey, Jr.
Chief Technology Officer
http://BlueParabola.com

[David Wolfe]

I'll take anything, but have a prefrence for
- late static binding, and/or
- closures

February 10 is good for me now...  hopefully will be then too.

David

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[Trevor Morse]

On Jan 28, 2:09 pm, "D. Keith Casey Jr." <ke...@blueparabola.com>
wrote:

> PHAR is pretty nifty too. It's basically JAR files but you can combine
> it with something like a PEAR channel to get dependency management. I'm
> a contributor to a very module-based open source project and trying to
> think of how we can make use of it.

In that case I will look into PHAR and report back ;-)

>
> I think the panic over 'goto' is overblown. Just execute anyone who uses
> it inappropriately. Once you do that once or twice, problem solved. ;)
>
> But then again, I can't make it to the meeting. It's kind of a long
> commute...

What if there was free beer involved?

-tm

[D. Keith Casey Jr.]

Trevor Morse wrote:
>> PHAR is pretty nifty too. It's basically JAR files but you can combine
>> it with something like a PEAR channel to get dependency management. I'm
>> a contributor to a very module-based open source project and trying to
>> think of how we can make use of it.
>>
> In that case I will look into PHAR and report back ;-)
>

My big question about PHAR is "does it offer any improvement to
security?" I'm guessing that it doesn't and that all parameters are
passed through as normal. I've seen phpMyAdmin distributed as a PHAR and
it has some appeal to it...

If you're looking for distribution channels for PEAR packages, we
chatted about a couple recently in the php|architect OddWeek podcast -
http://phparch.com/podcast/index/20100118

>> But then again, I can't make it to the meeting. It's kind of a long
>> commute...
>>
> What if there was free beer involved?

It will take more than free beer.. how about paying for my flight from
DC? I'm just here to be supportive of you (Trevor). ;)

keith

[Brandon Kolybaba]

Hey Trevor, great recap thanks! You are all welcome to use our office anytime, unfortunately on Feb 10th I'll be down at Google but feel free to schedule the meeting here with David Wolfe or any of the other guys if you like.

Thanks,
Brandon

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Trevor Morse <trevor...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Trevor Morse]

On Jan 28, 2:57 pm, "D. Keith Casey Jr." <ke...@blueparabola.com>
wrote:

> Trevor Morse wrote:
> >> PHAR is pretty nifty too. It's basically JAR files but you can combine
> >> it with something like a PEAR channel to get dependency management. I'm
> >> a contributor to a very module-based open source project and trying to
> >> think of how we can make use of it.
>
> > In that case I will look into PHAR and report back ;-)
>
> My big question about PHAR is "does it offer any improvement to
> security?" I'm guessing that it doesn't and that all parameters are
> passed through as normal. I've seen phpMyAdmin distributed as a PHAR and
> it has some appeal to it...
>
> If you're looking for distribution channels for PEAR packages, we
> chatted about a couple recently in the php|architect OddWeek podcast -http://phparch.com/podcast/index/20100118

Thanks, I'll give that a listen tonight.

>> But then again, I can't make it to the meeting. It's kind of a long
> >> commute...
>
> > What if there was free beer involved?
>
> It will take more than free beer.. how about paying for my flight from
> DC? I'm just here to be supportive of you (Trevor). ;)

hahaha

[David Cao]

Sorry could not make to the last meeting. Feb. 10 is good for me.
However, I have not worked on PHP for a while, I will bring my good
ears at least ...

Will you sent out a confirm with time prior to the meeting? cheers,
-david

[Shawn Greene]

Hi,

Feb 10th sounds good to me.

Cheers,
Shawn

Hi Everyone,

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[David Wolfe]

If we're a go for Feb 10, I'll be there.

David

[Trevor Morse]

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that we are a go for tomorrow night, Feb 10th at
7:30pm. Norex will be hosting and they are located at 77 Chain Lake Dr
- The Sports Direct / amirix building in Bayers Lake(http://
maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=77+Chain+Lake+Dr,
+Halifax&sll=44.643117,-63.671029&sspn=0.010412,0.022724&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=77+Chain
+Lake+Dr,+Halifax,+Halifax+County,+Nova
+Scotia&ll=44.640704,-63.671823&spn=0.010413,0.022724&t=h&z=16).

David, can you confirm that we'll need key card access to get in to
the building after hours? If so we can just meet out from between 7:20
and 7:30 and go in as a group to make less trips. If your running late
and need to be let in feel free to call my cell 441-9066.

We've had a couple of PHP 5.3 features spoken for already, if you
haven't yet spoken for one and would like to please reply and let us
know.

- namespaces (including use keyword and aliasing)
- class constants

- late static binding - David

- variable static calls
- new error levels
- Lambda Functions and Closures
- NOWDOC
- ternary shortcut
- goto
- mysqlnd

- PHAR - Trevor

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Hope to see you there,

Trevor

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[David Wolfe]

All true.  If you are late and cannot seem to get in or are otherwise misplaced, call my cell 412-7399, a number easily remembered as 412-SEXY.

David

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[David Cao]

I left home in a hurry forgot my cell phone. I spend 30 min looping
around but could find "77 Chain Lake Dr." ... :) Anyway, I am sure
there will be a next time ... cheers. -david

On Feb 9, 7:59 pm, David Wolfe <davidgameswo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> misplaced, call my cell 412-7399, a number easily remembered as 412-SEXY.
>
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