PHPWeekly March 4th 2021

PHPWeekly March 4th 2021

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                                        Curated news all about PHP.  Here's the latest edition

                                        March 4th 2021

                                                                            Welcome to the latest edition of phpweekly.com.

This week sees the release of Joomla 3.9.25 and WordPress 5.7 Release Candidate 2.

Plus CakePHP 4.2.4 maintenance release has been announced.

Have a good week,

Stay safe and well.

All the best,

Ade and Katie

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