PHP 5.4.19, for Wheezy and Squeeze

On August 22nd 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.4.19. It fixes a bug in the patch for CVE-2013-4248 in OpenSSL module. All PHP users are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.19. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue. ...

August 27, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.4.18, for Wheezy and Squeeze

On August 15th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.4.18. About 30 bugs were fixed, including security issues CVE-2013-4113 and CVE-2013-4248. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release. On the Dotdeb side, the php5-mongo package is now available, allowing you interacting with MongoDB servers, the php5-fpm init script now reports syntax errors with full error messages. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue. ...

August 21, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.5.1 for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"

On July 18th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.5.1. About 20 bugs were fixed including a security fix in the XML parser (Bug #65236). As a consequence, PHP 5.5.1 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. Please read the Changelog and the migration guide (be aware of the backward incompatible changes) before upgrading. Last but not least, if you like Dotdeb, feel free to show your support.

August 3, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.3.27 for Squeeze

On July 11th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.3.27. The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.27. About 10 bugs were fixed, including a security fix in the XML parser (Bug #65236). Please Note: This will be the last regular release of the PHP 5.3 series. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4 or PHP 5.5. The PHP 5.3 series will receive only security fixes for the next year. ...

July 25, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.4.17, for Wheezy and Squeeze

On July 4th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.4.17. About 20 bugs were fixed. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue. And if you like Dotdeb, feel free to show your support.

July 6, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.5.0 is out and available for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"

On June 20th 2013, the PHP group has released the first stable version of PHP 5.5. The key features of PHP 5.5.0 include: Added generators and coroutines. Added “finally” keyword. Added simplified password hashing API. Added support for constant array/string dereferencing. Added Class Name Resolution As Scalar Via “class” Keyword Added support for using empty() on the result of function calls and other expressions Added support for non-scalar Iterator keys in foreach Added support for list in foreach Added Zend Opcache extension and enable building it by default. The GD library has been upgraded to version 2.1 adding new functions and improve existing functionality. A lot more improvements and fixes Changes that affect compatibility: ...

June 20, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

Preview : PHP 5.5.0 RC3 for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"

If everything goes well, PHP 5.5.0 will be available later this month. This major release brings better overall performance and a lot of new features. On June 6th 2013, the PHP group has released the third release candidate of PHP 5.5.0. As a consequence, I’m proud to announce that the corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. To upgrade to PHP 5.5.0-RC3, just add these two lines to your sources.list : ...

June 16, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.3.26 for Squeeze

On June 6th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.3.26. These releases fix about 15 bugs, including CVE-2013-2110. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.16. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue. And if you like Dotdeb, feel free to show your support.

June 9, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.4.16 for Wheezy and Squeeze

On June 6th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.4.16. These releases fix about 15 bugs, including CVE-2013-2110. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.16. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. Please note that php5-readline is now a separate package and that php5-pinba is back. As usual, please read the ChangeLog before upgrading and be sure to use to the latest packages before reporting any issue. ...

June 9, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis

PHP 5.4.15 & PHP 5.3.25 / for Wheezy & Squeeze

On May 9th 2013, the PHP group has released PHP 5.4.15 and PHP 5.3.25. These releases fix about 10 bugs aswell as upgrading the bundled libmagic library. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.15. The corresponding packages are now available on Dotdeb : for Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures. Please note that the php5-ffmpeg and php5-pinba packages for PHP 5.4 are missing on Wheezy. They should appear in the next few days, after their source code has been made compatible with Debian’s multi-arch scheme. ...

May 12, 2013 · Guillaume Plessis