In this issue: Digitalus Framework · FaZend · hierarchical CMS data · cloud application development · web-based retrieval · and much, much more.

Fat-Free Framework is a new minimalistic yet very functional PHP framework. It supports PHP 5.3, and requires no additional extensions other than the core extentions shipped with PHP. It sets itself apart by trying to be usable, not the usual.

The Habari Community has released version 0.6.4 of its PHP based open source blogging platform. This release centers mainly around security enhancements and workarounds for changes made to PHP itself.

PHP 5.2.13 has been released, bringing to life over 40 bug fixes, including three security updates.

Symfony 2 benchmarks released on his site show that Symfony 2 is faster than many of the common PHP frameworks out there, but Solar developer Paul Jones has had trouble confirming his findings.

Facebook’s PHP-to-C++ transformer made waves when it was announced earlier this month. Now, an initial release is finally available for download and public consumption.

Facebook’s Jason Sobel explains how the social media giant improved their overall end-user performance. This in-depth look at what they did provides a roadmap for any site facing heavy traffic. Oh—and they show you t-shirts you can’t have.

Nothing to see here—quite literally—except a broken network router and 5.5 million page impressions gone the way of the dodo.

The popular open-source PHP debugger written by core developer Derick Rethans is easier than ever to use from your favourite browser.