We have released Slim version 3.2.0. There are not that many changes since 3.1.0, but we found a few bugs to fix and have added a few nice improvements, particularly around error handling.

We have released Slim version 3.1.0. This version makes a number of minor issues and improvements since the release of 3.0.0

We are delighted to release the first stable version of Slim 3, 3.0.0 following a series of release candidates.

We have now released the third release candidate of Slim 3 following testing of RC2. This release fixes a security issue, clears up some inconsistencies and fixes a number of bugs.

We have now released the second release candidate of Slim 3 following significant testing of RC1. This release mostly fixes a number of bugs.

We have now released the first release candidate of Slim 3 following a successful beta period.

We have now released the second beta of Slim 3 following excellent and useful feedback to the release of beta 1.

We have tagged beta 1 of Slim 3 and have started the journey of releasing the first stable version of 3.0. We have also started work on the new documentation.

Rob Allen presents a primer on Slim 3.0 at a recent PHPSW meetup. Watch the video at http://phpsw.uk/talks/a-slim-3-primer.

Treehouse and Hampton Paulk have published a new tutorial series that demonstrates how to create a website with the Slim Framework. It's aimed at PHP beginners, and it teaches you how to use Composer, Slim, SwiftMailer, and Monolog while building a simple website.

Lumen happened. It's a shiny new micro-framework from Taylor Otwell, and it joins the Laravel family today. It looks to be a pretty nice framework, and it shares many of the same features and goals as Slim 3.0. I'm sure this raises a few question about Slim's future roadmap.

We've just released version 2.6.0. This update includes a small but important fix for a potential object injection vulnerability in the SessionCookie class. We encourage you to update your applications as soon as possible. This update also includes several other improvements. You can read more on the GitHub release page.

The Slim Framework code repositories have a new home in their very own GitHub Organization. As much as I'd like to keep the project beneath my own GitHub handle for the notoriety and what not, the project is best served with its own GitHub Organization. This solves several problems.

It's coming. I promise. As many of you know, I recently finished writing a new book for O'Reilly Media—Modern PHP. I'm excited that my book is nearing publication and should be on bookshelves within a month or two. Unfortunately, writing a book is a time-consuming task. I also have a 9 to 5 day job. Life gets in the way sometimes. Excuses, excuses... I know :) I now have free time to work on Slim again. So what's going on? A lot.

The top 50 Slim Framework contributors are eligible for a free copy of

The Slim Framework contains many new and helpful features in version 2.3.0. It is backwards compatible with the previous version. While I update the official documentation, here are some tips to help you get started with Slim’s new features.

The next major point release to the Slim Framework will simplify how you get and set encrypted cookies. Previously, you would use the Slim application’s getEncryptedCookie() and setEncryptedCookie() methods to get or set an encrypted cookie.

Now that the day job is finally slowing down a bit, I’ve been back at work on the Slim Framework. Here are several new features and changes coming in the next stable release — currently available in the develop branch to help you start updating your applications.

I’m building a small Slim Framework application at New Media Campaigns. Because this application is for internal use, I figured I’d learn something new while building it. Even though the database schema is pretty simple, I’ve heard great things about Laravel — a full-stack framework from Taylor Otwell — and how many of its components are available as separate Composer packages on Packagist.