around the php community
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For new and veteran PHP programmers alike, it’s often difficult to find the right place to ask questions and find the best answers and solutions to programming challenges. This month, Ben Ramsey takes us on a journey through the PHP Community to discover the websites the experts use to get PHP news and information and the places they go to ask for help (because even experts need help). He’ll wrap up the talk with a brief who’s who in the PHP Community, introducing you to some of the core developers and familiar faces around the community.TRANSCRIPT
around the
Ben Ramsey8 Jan 2009 • Atlanta PHP
The PHP Projects
php.net
pear.php.net
pecl.php.net
gtk.php.net
qa.php.net
Getting Help
phpfreaks.com
codewalkers.com
phpbuilder.com
devshed.com/c/b/PHP/
devnetwork.net
pear-forum.org
sitepoint.com
atlantaphp.org
Mailing Lists
Mailing Lists• [email protected]
news://news.php.net/php.general
• [email protected]://news.php.net/php.windows
• [email protected]://news.php.net/php.pear.general
• http://news.php.net
Internet Relay Chat
IRC• ##php on Freenode
• #pear on EFNet
• #mysql on Freenode
• #apache on Freenode
• #phpc on Freenode
• #atlantaphp on Freenode
Getting on IRC• XChat -- http://www.xchat.org
• XChat Aqua -- http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net
• Colloquy -- http://colloquy.info
• mIRC -- http://www.mirc.com
• irssi -- http://irssi.org
Getting on IRC• Freenode: http://freenode.net
• EFNet: http://efnet.org
• Join a channel:/join ##php
Must-Read Books
Beginning PHP5, Apache, MySQL
Web Developmentby Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner,
Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K. Glass
PHP and MySQL Web Development
by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson
Learning PHP 5
by David Sklar
PHP Cookbook
by David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg
Advanced PHP Programming
by George Schlossnagle
Essential PHP Security
by Chris Shiflett
Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide
by Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey
News & Information
phpdeveloper.org
phparch.com
c7y.phparch.com
devzone.zend.com
phpinfo.com
The PHP Blogosphere
planet-php.net
Andrei Zmievski
http://gravitonic.com@a on twitter
PHP core developerUnicode/PHP 6
PHP-GTKSmarty
Brett Bieberhttp://saltybeagle.com
@saltybeagle on Twitter
PEAR developer
Cal Evanshttp://blog.calevans.com@CalEvans on Twitter
Director of the PHP Center of Expertise at IBuildings
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Zend DevZone
Chris Shifletthttp://shiflett.org
@shiflett on Twitter
PHP security expertCTO at OmniTI
Chris Joneshttp://blogs.oracle.com/opal
@ghrd on Twitter
Works for Oracleoci8 & PDO_OCI
Davey Shafikhttp://www.pixelated-dreams.com
@dshafik on Twitter
Author and speaker
David Sklarhttp://www.sklar.com/blog
Author and speakerSoftware Architect at Ning
Derick Rethans
http://derickrethans.nl@derickrethans on Twitter
PHP core developerDateTime
Ed Finklerhttp://funkatron.com
@funkatron on Twitter
Author and speakerRIA expert
Creator of Spaz
Eli Whitehttp://eliw.wordpress.com
@EliW on Twitter
Author and speakerZendʼs new Community Guy
Elizabeth Marie Smith
http://elizabethmariesmith.com@auroraeosrose on Twitter
PHP core devPHP Windows geek
PHP-GTKCo-founder of PHPWomen.org
Elizabeth Naramorehttp://www.naramore.net/blog
@ElizabethN on Twitter
Co-founder of PHPWomen.orgEditor at php|architect
php|tek & php|works Conference Chair
Gopal Vijayaraghavan
http://t3.dotgnu.info/blog@t3rmin4t0r on Twitter
PHP core developerpecl/apc
Greg Beaverhttp://greg.chiaraquartet.net
PEAR developerPHAR
Cello player
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