PHP
Scripting language created in 1994
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| November 21 2024 | PHP 8.4 was officially released, representing the latest version of the PHP programming language with new features and improvements. |
| September 2024 |
Yoast SEO
Introduced AI features designed to automatically improve website SEO performance.
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| December 11 2023 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 4.4 launched, introducing OpenSearch, mentions & tasks, new content droplets, and various other improvements.
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| November 23 2023 | PHP 8.3 was released, introducing key new features including readonly array properties, class aliases for built-in PHP classes, and enhancements to the Random extension and stream manipulation API. |
| 2022 | PHP community recorded 683 commits, 283 code reviews, and 8 Request for Comments (RFCs) during the year, indicating ongoing development and evolution of the programming language. |
| December 8 2022 | PHP 8.2 was released, introducing several new features including readonly classes, disjunctive normal form (DNF) types, a new random extension with an object-oriented API, and sensitive parameter value redaction. |
| January 19 2022 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 4.1 released with a new standard Discovery skin, FlexiSkin feature, workflow capabilities, tasks, BPMN diagrams, two-factor authentication, and structured data import support.
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| November 26 2021 | JetBrains announced the creation of The PHP Foundation, a new organization established to sponsor and support the ongoing design and development of the PHP programming language. |
| November 25 2021 | PHP 8.1 was officially released, introducing significant language features including enumerations, readonly properties, array unpacking with string keys, and the new 'never' type for function return declarations. |
| August 2021 |
Yoast SEO
Acquired by Newfold Digital, the parent company of hosting provider Bluehost.
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| November 26 2020 | PHP 8 was officially released, introducing major version changes and breaking compatibility with previous PHP versions. This release included significant new features and notable modifications to the PHP programming language. |
| September 2020 |
Yoast SEO
Yoast became the main sponsor of professional basketball club Yoast United, competing in the BNXT League.
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| June 2020 |
Yoast SEO
Acquired the Duplicate Post plugin with over 3 million users, and its original developer Enrico Battocchi joined Yoast as a senior developer.
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| February 2020 |
Textpattern
Release of Textpattern 4.8.0, containing over 800 code changes to add new functionality, enhance features, resolve previous issues, and lay foundations for future extensions.
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| 2019 | 11% of all vulnerabilities listed by the National Vulnerability Database were linked to PHP, continuing the historical trend where about 30% of all vulnerabilities since 1996 have been associated with the PHP language. |
| 2018 |
Yoast SEO
Reached a total company turnover of €10 million and grew to almost 100 employees, with 85 based in their Wijchen, Netherlands headquarters.
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| December 2018 | The PHP Group was established with ten members: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, and Andrei Zmievski. |
| December 31 2018 | Official security support for PHP 5.6 ended. |
| October 17 2018 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 3.0 launched with major features including a social layer for activity and communication, Elasticsearch-based Extended Search, responsive 'Calumma' skin, role-based permissions, and improved authentication with LDAP and SAML support.
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| May 2018 |
Textpattern
Release of Textpattern 4.7.0, adding support for themes and dedicated to the memory of Dean Allen.
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| January 2018 |
Textpattern
Death of Textpattern creator Dean Allen.
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| November 9 2016 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 2.27.0 released, introducing new extensions like PageAssignments, Showtime, and ReadConfirmation, with significant improvements to the WikiFarm Package and full compatibility with MediaWiki 1.27.
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| September 2016 |
Textpattern
Release of Textpattern 4.6.0, a significant update that took two years to develop, featuring modernized code, an improved parser, and many new features.
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| April 2016 |
Yoast SEO
Sold the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin, focusing on their core SEO product.
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| 2015 |
Yoast SEO
A security flaw was discovered in Yoast SEO version 1.7.3.3 and earlier versions, which could potentially expose users to hackers, as identified by a security consultant.
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| 2015 |
Yoast SEO
Michael David published the book 'WordPress Search Engine Optimization', which referred to Yoast SEO as 'the granddaddy of all SEO plugins'.
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| 2015 |
Yoast SEO
Yoast hosted its inaugural YoastCon conference at the Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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| December 9 2014 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 2.23.0 launched with an integrated package installer for MediaWiki and BlueSpice, MobileFrontend support, a rewritten skin, memcached caching support, and translations in over 40 languages.
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| 2013 | A comprehensive analysis of over 170,000 website defacements revealed that file inclusion vulnerability was the most frequently used attack technique, occurring in 53% of cases, primarily related to insecure usage of PHP language constructs like include, require, and allow_url_fopen. |
| November 27 2013 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 2.22.0 released with significant improvements including a completely reworked skin, new PermissionManager and UserManager, an internationalisation framework, FlexiSkin, Dashboards, Notifications extension, and StateBar with 'similar pages' feature.
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| 2012 |
Yoast SEO
Launched the premium version of the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin, expanding their product offerings.
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| 2012 |
Yoast SEO
The WordPress SEO plugin was renamed to Yoast SEO.
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| August 2012 |
Textpattern
Release of Textpattern 4.5.0, bringing improvements such as a new HTML5 public theme and extensive modernization of the administration area.
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| June 28 2011 | PHP Development Team implemented a new release timeline, committing to monthly releases and a structured three-year support process for each minor release. |
| 2010 |
Yoast SEO
Launched the first version of WordPress SEO plugin and founded Yoast BV as a formal company.
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| November 2010 |
Textpattern
Release of Textpattern 4.3.0, which introduced new features including more advanced image handling and administrative updates to modernize and streamline the core code.
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| November 17 2010 |
BlueSpice
BlueSpice 1 basic version is first released, marking the initial launch of the wiki software.
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