The PHP Roundtable

Unlock the power of command-line interfaces and text-based user interfaces with PHP in our latest PHPRoundtable episode: ‘CLIs and TUIs with PHP for Fun and Profit.’ Join us as we dive deep into how developers leverage PHP to create robust and interactive CLI and TUI applications that drive productivity and innovation.

Show Links Event Sourcery : Event Sourcery is a video course created by Shawn McCool that covers the fundamentals of reactive systems and event sourcing, both theoretical and practical. The course combines carefully produced video lectures and real source code examples to show how the ideas translate into working code. The code is written in PHP by a polyglot developer, and developers familiar wit...

In this episode on PHPRoundtable, the panel discusses AI, what we are using, and what we are not. We also discuss frontend development for backend developers and our history on the frameworks we use and why.

In this episode on PHPRoundtable, the panel discusses the adoption and current state of PHP in the industry. We also share out thoughts on what we feel could be some potential improvements for the development experience. We also talk about the importance of understanding PHP's internals and embracing change to keep up with the evolving landscape.

 Here are some links from the show. glibc/iconv Vulnerability The GNU C Library security advisories TaskFile Open Telemetry PHP PHP BCMath RFC Python NumPy Panel Eric Van Johnson - X / Mastodon Sara Golemon - Mastodon Joe Ferguson - X / Mastodon TJ Miller - X / Mastodon Derick Rethans - X / Mastodon

Join us on the next PHPRoundtable as we decode the superheroes behind the scenes in the tech world! No, they don't wear capes (usually), but they're the bridge-builders, the peace-makers, and the tech whisperers. Dive into the enigmatic world of Developer Relations, find out who they are, what magic they weave, and how they keep both sides of the code fence talking. It's 'Relations'... but not the...

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Links from the Show Boise State University GIMM Program Madison Area Technical College The Panel Eric Van Johnson - This is me :-) I am a self-taught PHP developer and have been running a development studio for over ten years. Back in 2021, my business partner and I took over the operations of php[architect] / phparch.social/@eric and @shocm on Twitter Ben Ramsey - A Software Architect, maintainer...

An international panel of PHP Community members discusses the stat of PHP User Groups. How to get involved, so of the pitfalls, and a lot of the benefits of being a part of the community. Panel Member: Andreas Heigl Rafael Dohms Rick Kuipers Bob Bloom Chris Spruck Joe Ferguson Ben Ramsey Sara Golemon Eric Van Johnson Links Discussed on the show https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/1537970285097...

Ben shared with us his experience being a Release Manager for PHP 8.1. We also talk about the voting process for Release Manager voting for 8.2 ( https://externals.io/message/117716#117746 ). Congratulations to Sergey Panteleev and Pierrick Charron on becoming the Release Managers for PHP 8.2. We share our thoughts on how to follow along with discussions happening on PHP Internals.  We also talk a...

10 years of Laravel, and the framework continues to grow stronger with the passing of each release. More and more talented developers are creating packages and contributing to the overall health of Laravel. We talk with Eric Barnes, Matt Stauffer, and Taylor Otwell. We talk about conferences, kids, PHP, and so much more. 

Sammy opens the Roundtable back up. Everyone talks about what they've been doing for the past few years. What we are up to now. And what the future holds for The PHPRoundtable.

There have been lots of big changes happening with the PHP-FIG . Today we chat with a number of figgies to get the inside scoop on what has changed and also get a glimpse inside of the latest accepted standard, PSR-18: HTTP Client Interface . The PHP podcast is where everyone chimes in. Website: https://phproundtable.com/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/phproundtable Twitter: @phproundtable The PHP R...

We'll be deep-diving into some PHP internals goodness that you won't want to miss. We'll go behind the scenes of preloading , a possible foreign function interface (FFI), typed properties , a password hashing registry and more. The PHP podcast is where everyone chimes in. Website: https://phproundtable.com/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/phproundtable Twitter: @phproundtable The PHP Roundtable is a...

The first major piece of legislation that we've seen attempt to regulate how our personal information is handled on the web is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Today we chat with some panelists who have gone down the GDPR-compliance road and they are going to help us PHP devs understand how the GDPR affects us and what we can do to make sure our technology stack is as GDPR-compliant...

We discuss DocBlocks, PSR-5, Annotations, reflection, automatic API documentation generation, and their future in PHP.   The PHP podcast is where everyone chimes in.   Website: https://phproundtable.com/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/phproundtable Twitter: @phproundtable   The PHP Roundtable is a podcast of web developers discussing PHP, JavaScript, community, open-source, and anything else PHP ner...

Self-taught PHP programmers, even those of us with decades of experience, would likely fail a tech interview in an epic way. If you've ever wanted to work for a big tech company like Google, Amazon or Facebook but have always been too nervous about the tech interview, this episode is for you. We chat about what we need to do to be fully prepared for a tech interview. And maybe soon you'll be showi...

PHP has had support for coroutines since PHP 5.5 and it allows you to do some really cool non-blocking stuff. We chat about concurrency in PHP and how we might be able to use it to speed up our apps.

New accessibility guidelines are coming down the pipe that will impact our apps with the new WCAG 2.1. We chat about what the guidelines are and how we can start preparing our apps for them.

Secrets, secrets, are no fun, all they do is cause pain when trying to deploy to production. By secrets, we're talking about database passwords, API keys, and other credentials that we want to keep from prying eyes. There are a number of solutions out there to keep our secrets out of the codebase and in a more secure area. We discuss the options we have for managing secrets and the tradeoffs for u...

Static analysis is a fancy word to describe a tool that looks at our code and gives us helpful hints on how to improve it. We'll be discussing what static analyzers do, which tools the PHP community has access to, and how we can incorporate the tools into our daily development flow.

We finally unveil the super-secret project to the world! Listen in to find out what it is and how you can get your hands on one.

The next major version of PHP is here! PHP 7.2 comes with a nice set of upgrades, performance enhancements, and a brand new crypto library right out of the box. We discuss some of the features and breaking changes that we should be aware of before upgrading to PHP 7.2.

We chat about backwards compatibility, Gutenberg, and the WordPress ecosystem.

We're still alive! We come off our hiatus to have an informal catch-up session with some PHP friends. And proof of the secret PHP Roundtable project is revealed to Chris & Joe.