Everyone knows what happens if you make a photocopy of a photocopy: The quality deteriorates with each subsequent copy. This phenomenon is called “generation loss.” In theory, digital images shouldn’t... The post Avoiding Generation Loss with Web Images appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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Latest PECL Releases:base58 0.1.3 First PECL release. protobuf 3.7.0RC3 GA release. parallel 0.8.1 - fix gh#11 Future::value after Future::select hangs redis 4.3.0RC1 phpredis 4.3.0RC1 This is probably the latest release with PHP 5 suport!!! Proper persistent connections pooling implementation [a3703820, c76e00fb, 0433dc03, c75b3b93] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) RedisArray auth [b5549cff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing key hashing algorithm [8cd165df, 64e6a57f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Add ZPOPMAX and ZPOPMIN support [46f03561, f89e941a, 2ec7d91a] (@mbezhanov, Michael Grunder) Implement GEORADIUS_RO and GEORADIUSBYMEMBER_RO [22d81a94] (Michael Grunder) Add callback parameter to subscribe/psubscribe arginfo [0653ff31] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Don't check the number affected keys in PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC [b00060ce] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Xgroup updates [15995c06] (Michael Grunder) RedisCluster auth [c5994f2a] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Cancel pipeline mode without executing commands [789256d7] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for pipeline_cmd [e98f5116] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Different key hashing algorithms from hash extension [850027ff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Breaking the lock acquire loop in case of network problems [61889cd7] (@SkydiveMarius) Implement consistent hashing algorithm for RedisArray [bb32e6f3, 71922bf1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing RedisArray hosts [602740d3, 3e7e1c83] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Update lzf_compress to be compatible with PECL lzf extension [b27fd430] (@jrchamp) Fix RedisCluster keys memory leak [3b56b7db] (Michael Grunder) Directly use return_value in RedisCluster::keys method [ad10a49e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Fix segfault in Redis Cluster with inconsistent configuration [72749916, 6e455e2e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Masters info leakfix [91bd7426] (Michael Grunder) Refactor redis_sock_read_bulk_reply [bc4dbc4b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove unused parameter lazy_connect from redis_sock_create [c0793e8b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove useless ZEND_ACC_[C|D]TOR. [bc9b5597] (@twosee) Documentation improvements (@fanjiapeng, @alexander-schranz, @hmc, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko, Michael Grunder) datadog_trace 0.13.4 Special thanks to @stayallive for helping us debugging the memory issues in his environment! His help and guidance were of paramount importance. Fixed Accessing freed memory when instrumentation code un/instrumented itself #314 Freeing $this object prematurely in PHP-FPM VM #317 redis 4.2.1RC1 phpredis 4.2.1RC1 This is probably the latest release with PHP 5 suport!!! Proper persistent connections pooling implementation [a3703820, c76e00fb, 0433dc03, c75b3b93] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) RedisArray auth [b5549cff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing key hashing algorithm [8cd165df, 64e6a57f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Add ZPOPMAX and ZPOPMIN support [46f03561, f89e941a, 2ec7d91a] (@mbezhanov, Michael Grunder) Implement GEORADIUS_RO and GEORADIUSBYMEMBER_RO [22d81a94] (Michael Grunder) Add callback parameter to subscribe/psubscribe arginfo [0653ff31] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Don't check the number affected keys in PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC [b00060ce] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Xgroup updates [15995c06] (Michael Grunder) RedisCluster auth [c5994f2a] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Cancel pipeline mode without executing commands [789256d7] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for pipeline_cmd [e98f5116] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Different key hashing algorithms from hash extension [850027ff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Breaking the lock acquire loop in case of network problems [61889cd7] (@SkydiveMarius) Implement consistent hashing algorithm for RedisArray [bb32e6f3, 71922bf1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing RedisArray hosts [602740d3, 3e7e1c83] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Update lzf_compress to be compatible with PECL lzf extension [b27fd430] (@jrchamp) Fix RedisCluster keys memory leak [3b56b7db] (Michael Grunder) Directly use return_value in RedisCluster::keys method [ad10a49e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Fix segfault in Redis Cluster with inconsistent configuration [72749916, 6e455e2e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Masters info leakfix [91bd7426] (Michael Grunder) Refactor redis_sock_read_bulk_reply [bc4dbc4b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove unused parameter lazy_connect from redis_sock_create [c0793e8b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove useless ZEND_ACC_[C|D]TOR. [bc9b5597] (@twosee) Documentation improvements (@fanjiapeng, @alexander-schranz, @hmc, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko, Michael Grunder) pdo_sqlsrv 5.6.0 [Added] - Added support for PHP 7.3 - Added support for Linux SUSE 15, Ubuntu 18.10 and mac OS Mojave - Feature Request [#415](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/886) - new options at connection and statement levels for both drivers for formatting decimal values in the fetched results - Added support for Azure AD Access Token (in Linux / macOS this requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server) and [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) 2.3.6+) - Added support for Authentication with Azure Active Directory using Managed Identity for Azure Resources (requires [MS ODBC Driver 17.3+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server)) - Feature Request [#842](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/842) - new PDO_STMT_OPTION_FETCHES_DATETIME_TYPE flag for pdo_sqlsrv to return datetime as objects [Removed] - Dropped support for Linux Ubuntu 17.10 and mac OS El Capitan - Dropped support for PHP 7.0 - [Version 5.3](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?view=sql-server-2017) is the last to support PHP 7.0. [Fixed] - Issue [#434](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/434) - To avoid possible crashes, before freeing stmt in the destructor check if its dbh driver data is NULL - Pull Request [#833](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/833) - Streamlined the error handling to remove a potential cause of crash - Pull Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations (use /Qspectre switch) for PHP 7.2 (see related Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878)) - Pull Request [#854](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/854) - Clear Azure Key Vault data after connection attributes are successfully set or when exception is thrown - Pull Request [#855](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/855) - Improved performance by saving meta data before fetching and skipping unnecessary conversions for numeric data - Pull Request [#865](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/865) - Corrected the way SQLPutData and SQLParamData are used when sending stream data to the server - Pull Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations for PHP 7.1 (see related Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836)) - Pull Request [#891](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/891) - Improved performance of Unicode conversions - Pull Request [#892](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/892) - Removed warning messages while compiling extensions - Pull Request [#904](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/904) - Enabled compiling extensions statically into PHP - Pull Request [#907](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/907) - Initialized output param buffer when allocating extra space - Pull Request [#919](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/919) - Initialized a boolean variable before passing it by reference into a function that will modify its value [Limitations] - No support for inout / output params when using sql_variant type - No support for inout / output params when formatting decimal values - In Linux and macOS, setlocale() only takes effect if it is invoked before the first connection. Attempting to set the locale after connecting will not work - Always Encrypted requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017) - Only Windows Certificate Store and Azure Key Vault are supported. Custom Keystores are not yet supported - Issue [#716](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/716) - With Always Encrypted enabled, named parameters in subqueries are not supported - [Always Encrypted limitations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/using-always-encrypted-php-drivers?view=sql-server-2017#limitations-of-the-php-drivers-when-using-always-encrypted) [Known Issues] - Connection pooling on Linux or macOS is not recommended with [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) < 2.3.7 - When pooling is enabled in Linux or macOS - unixODBC <= 2.3.4 (Linux and macOS) might not return proper diagnostic information, such as error messages, warnings and informative messages - due to this unixODBC bug, fetch large data (such as xml, binary) as streams as a workaround. See the examples [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#pooling) - With ColumnEncryption enabled, calling stored procedure with XML parameter does not work (Issue [#674](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/674)) - In SUSE 15, Azure Active Directory connections may fail if PHP is installed from packages (Issue [#934](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/934)) sqlsrv 5.6.0 [Added] - Added support for PHP 7.3 - Added support for Linux SUSE 15, Ubuntu 18.10 and mac OS Mojave - Feature Request [#415](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/886) - new options at connection and statement levels for both drivers for formatting decimal values in the fetched results - Added support for Azure AD Access Token (in Linux / macOS this requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server) and [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) 2.3.6+) - Added support for Authentication with Azure Active Directory using Managed Identity for Azure Resources (requires [MS ODBC Driver 17.3+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server)) - Feature Request [#844](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/844) - add ReturnDatesAsStrings option to statement level for sqlsrv [Removed] - Dropped support for Linux Ubuntu 17.10 and mac OS El Capitan - Dropped support for PHP 7.0 - [Version 5.3](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?view=sql-server-2017) is the last to support PHP 7.0. [Fixed] - Pull Request [#833](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/833) - Streamlined the error handling to remove a potential cause of crash - Pull Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations (use /Qspectre switch) for PHP 7.2 (see related Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878)) - Pull Request [#854](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/854) - Clear Azure Key Vault data after connection attributes are successfully set or when exception is thrown - Pull Request [#855](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/855) - Improved performance by saving meta data before fetching and skipping unnecessary conversions for numeric data - Pull Request [#865](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/865) - Corrected the way SQLPutData and SQLParamData are used when sending stream data to the server - Pull Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations for PHP 7.1 (see related Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836)) - Pull Request [#891](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/891) - Improved performance of Unicode conversions - Pull Request [#892](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/892) - Removed warning messages while compiling extensions - Pull Request [#904](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/904) - Enabled compiling extensions statically into PHP - Pull Request [#907](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/907) - Initialized output param buffer when allocating extra space - Pull Request [#919](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/919) - Initialized a boolean variable before passing it by reference into a function that will modify its value [Limitations] - No support for inout / output params when using sql_variant type - No support for inout / output params when formatting decimal values - In Linux and macOS, setlocale() only takes effect if it is invoked before the first connection. Attempting to set the locale after connecting will not work - Always Encrypted requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017) - Only Windows Certificate Store and Azure Key Vault are supported. Custom Keystores are not yet supported - Issue [#716](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/716) - With Always Encrypted enabled, named parameters in subqueries are not supported - [Always Encrypted limitations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/using-always-encrypted-php-drivers?view=sql-server-2017#limitations-of-the-php-drivers-when-using-always-encrypted) [Known Issues] - Connection pooling on Linux or macOS is not recommended with [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) < 2.3.7 - When pooling is enabled in Linux or macOS - unixODBC <= 2.3.4 (Linux and macOS) might not return proper diagnostic information, such as error messages, warnings and informative messages - due to this unixODBC bug, fetch large data (such as xml, binary) as streams as a workaround. See the examples [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#pooling) - With ColumnEncryption enabled, calling stored procedure with XML parameter does not work (Issue [#674](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/674)) - In SUSE 15, Azure Active Directory connections may fail if PHP is installed from packages (Issue [#934](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/934)) libsodium 2.0.21 - Detached signature strings were not properly terminated. This has been fixed. apcu_bc 1.0.5 - fix skipif.inc path in test suite - remove APCU version from phpinfo - remove Build date from phpinfo win32service 0.4.0 * Add win32_send_custom_control, win32_set_service_exit_mode and win32_set_service_exit_code functions. * Add severals constants. * Add many configuration option for win32_create_service function. The binary is also available here: https://github.com/win32service/win32service/releases/tag/v0.4.0 datadog_trace 0.13.3 ### Fixed - 7.x handling of `$this` pointer passed to the closure causing errors in PHP VM #311 datadog_trace 0.13.2 ### Added - Optional extension .so files compiled with "-g" flag #306 - Log backtrace on segmentation fault, enabled via ddtrace.log_backtrace=1 #300 Fixed Auto-instrumentation when user's autoloader throws exception on not found #305

You don't have to use Adobe Photoshop on your Mac to edit images like a pro. There are plenty of Photoshop alternatives for Mac that you can download or use in-browser to create just the right images and graphics for your projects. And some of them are completely free! None of these are necessarily one-size-fits-all […]

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