We are excited to share the launch of version 2.4.2 of the AWS SDK for PHP. This update introduces support for custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and Chef 11 within the AWS OpsWorks client, while also incorporating the latest snapshot permission features into the Amazon Redshift client. Additionally, enhancements have been made to the Amazon EC2 and AWS Security Token Service clients.
Changelog Highlights:
- Enabled cross-account snapshot access control for the Amazon Redshift client.
- Implemented decoding capabilities for authorization messages in the AWS STS client.
- Added the DryRun parameter to the Amazon EC2 client for checking required permissions.
- Provided support for custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and Chef 11 in the AWS OpsWorks client.
- Introduced an SDK compatibility test to quickly verify if your system meets SDK requirements.
- Updated the Amazon EC2 client to align with the 2013-06-15 API version.
- Resolved an unmarshalling error in the Amazon EC2 CreateKeyPair operation.
- Fixed an unmarshalling error with the Amazon S3 ListMultipartUploads operation.
- Addressed an issue with the Amazon S3 stream wrapper “x” fopen mode.
- Corrected the AwsS3S3Client::downloadBucket method by removing leading slashes from the $keyPrefix argument.
For those looking to install or download the latest SDK, you can access it through various methods:
- Composer/Packagist
- Download Phar
- Download Zip
- PEAR Channel
- GitHub
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