The PHP.net site has announced the release of the latest versions of the current releases of the PHP language: PHP versions 5.6.12, 5.4.44 and 5.5.28.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP [versions 5.6.12, 5.4.44 and 5.5.28]. 12 security-related issues were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

It's also pointed out that this 5.5.x release marks the first security-only bugfix release according to their release calendar. As always, you can get these latest versions from the downloads page or the windows.php.net site for the Windows binaries. You can view the full list of changes in these releases in the Changelog for each version.

The PHP.net site has announced the latest releases for all current major language versions with fixes including several security-related issues:

• PHP 5.5.26
• PHP 5.6.10
• PHP 5.4.42

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of [these versions]. Six security-related issues in PHP were fixed in this release, as well as several security issues in bundled sqlite library (CVE-2015-3414, CVE-2015-3415, CVE-2015-3416). All PHP users are encouraged to upgrade to [the latest version for their current installation].

As always, you can get these latest downloads from the main downloads site or windows.php.net for the Windows binaries. Other fixes can be found in the release related list in the Changelog.

The latest versions of the PHP language in the 5.4.x and 5.5.x series have been released - PHP 5.4.41 and PHP 5.5.25.

These releases both fix several bugs including seven security related issues around the character in a pathname, a DoS vulnerability in the multi-part form data handling and an integer overflow in ftp_genlist.

As always, upgrading to these latest versions is always recommended (especially when there's security updates involved). You can grab the latest from the downloads page or the windows.php.net site if you're on a Windows platform. For the full list of changes, see the Changelog for the matching version.

The PHP development group has announced the release of the latest versions in all three major versions of PHP currently supported: PHP 5.6.7, 5.5.23 and 5.4.39. These releases are bugfix only with several security updates included.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of [these new versions]. Several bugs have been fixed as well as CVE-2015-0231, CVE-2015-2305 and CVE-2015-2331. All PHP [5.6, 5.5 and 5.4] users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

As always, you can get the latest released for each of these versions from the main downloads page (for Windows users on windows.php.net) and if you'd like to see the other changes besides the security-related fixes check out the full Changelog.

The main PHP.net site has an announcement today about the latest released of the language fixing several bugs including a few security-related issues: PHP 5.5.22 and 5.4.38.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.5.22 and 5.4.38. This release fixes several bugs and addresses CVE-2015-0235 and CVE-2015-0273. All PHP 5.5 and 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

As always, you can get the latest source downloads from the downloads page or Windows users can get the binaries from windows.php.net. Those interested in the complete list of fixes in these releases can check out the latest entries in the Changelog.

The PHP.net has announced the releases of several new versions in all of the current major series, all correcting several bugs including a CVE-related (security) related to unserialization. This security issue was reported in CVE-2014-8142 and relates to this bug report. It is highly recommended that you upgrade your versions to correct this potential security vulnerability. The latest versions are:

• PHP 5.4.36
• PHP 5.5.20
• PHP 5.6.4

As always, you can download these latest releases directly from the downloads page or http://windows.php.net/download for the Windows users. If you're interested in the other bugs fixed in these releases, check out the full Changelog.

In a recent post to his site Fabian Schmengler has proposed a PHP 5.3 "Death March" in an effort to try to drop PHP 5.3 compatibility for applications and encourage the growth of PHP 5.4 and beyond.

An alarming large amount of websites still runs on PHP 5.3, which does not get updated anymore since 2014/08/14, after one year of “security only” support. In other words, the next critical security hole will only be fixed for versions above 5.4. By the way, active development of the PHP 5.4 branch was discontinued on 2014/09/14. it’s already in the “security only” phase. On 2014/08/28, PHP 5.6 has been released, on 2013/06/20, almost 1.5 years ago, PHP 5.5. So, by now, in the year 2014 everybody should work on PHP 5.5, right? [...] Almost half of the Alexa Top 1M Sites that run on PHP, state the version 5.3, ca. one quarter even 5.2, which is not supported since Jan. 2011. PHP 5.2.17 even is the most used patch version in this statistic.

He goes through some of the thinks might be contributing to this drag in adoption including the slow migration of official Linux distribution packages and the incompatibility of applications and frameworks with newer PHP versions. He makes a few suggestions of what different groups can do to help the cause - developers, project managers and hosting companies. He provides a list of things that are either deprecated in 5.4 or have been completely removed.

Several new versions of the PHP language have been released, including several bugfixes and security-related issues (including CVE-2014-3710. Updates are available for all current major versions:

• PHP 5.4.35
• PHP 5.5.19
• PHP 5.6.3

Upgrading is recommended, especially if you're making use of the fileinfo functionality. You can get these latest versions from the main downloads page (or the Windows.php.net). You can find out about the other changes in these releases in the Changelog

The PHP development team has officially announced the release of the latest version in the PHP 5.4.x series that fixes several security issues: PHP 5.4.32.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.32. 16 bugs were fixed in this release, including the following security-related issues: CVE-2014-2497, CVE-2014-3538, CVE-2014-3587, CVE-2014-3597, CVE-2014-4670, CVE-2014-4698, CVE-2014-5120. All PHP 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

You can view the full list of changes and what part of the language they effect in the changelog. To download this latest version, you can get the source from the downloads page or windows.php.net for Windows users.

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has released their latest episode interviewing a member of the PHP community. This time Cal Evans talks with Larry Garfield about Drupal 8 and PHP 5.4.

This is part one of the interview and they talk about things like: Larry's company, Refactor: Chicago, the Chicago Advanced Drupal Users Group and a blog about traits.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly. If you enjoy the interview, you should also consider subscribing to their feed.