The PHP Roundtable

093: PHPRoundtable September 2024 - CLIs and TUIs with PHP for fun and profit

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 04:01:49 +0000

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.

92: PHPRoundtable Aug 2024 - Event Sourcing

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:30:38 +0000

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 with C#, Java, and other similar programming languages will feel at home. Download the code examples
Verbs: Verbs is a Laravel package that allows you to derive the state of your application from the events that have occurred. It's a simple, but extremely powerful, way to design your applications.

91: PHPRoundtable July 2024

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 02:26:03 +0000

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.

90: PHPRoundtable June 2024

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 02:35:49 +0000

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.

89: 2024 May

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 11 May 2024 02:49:55 +0000

Here are some links from the show.

Panel

Eric Van Johnson - X / Mastodon
Sara Golemon - Mastodon
Joe Ferguson - X / Mastodon
TJ Miller - X / Mastodon
Derick Rethans - X / Mastodon

88: Developer Relations

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:08:47 +0000

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 kind you're thinking.

87: Open Sourcing Mental Illness

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 9 May 2023 03:45:49 +0000

Please consider supporting OSMI and its mission to help those facing mental illness in the tech community. Donate to Open Sourcing Mental Illness

OSMI began in 2013, with Ed Finkler speaking at tech conferences about his personal experiences as a web developer and open-source advocate with a mental health disorder. The response was overwhelming, and thus OSMI was born. OSMI board members and volunteers bring their time and expertise to bear on this important issue by organizing efforts to change the experiences of those with mental health disorders in the tech workplace. This includes speaking at conferences and companies, conducting research, and creating documentation to assist companies in making supportive environments for those impacted by mental health disorders.

The Panel

Eric Van Johnson - https://phparch.social/@eric
Ben Ramsey - https://phpc.social/@ramsey
Sara Golemon - https://phpc.social/@pollita
Joe Ferguson - https://phpc.social/@joepferguson
Tom Rideout - https://twitter.com/RealRideout
Beth Tucker Long - https://twitter.com/e3BethT
Ed Finkler - https://phpc.social/@funkatron

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86:The Education of Development

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:39:58 +0000

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 of the PHP UUID library, release manager for PHP 8.1 and 8.2, and does a lot for the PHP Community as a whole / phpc.social/@ramsey

Joe Ferguson - Principal Software Engineer. Writer for php[architect], and is one of the organizers behind OSMI / phpc.social@joepferguson

Sara Golemon - Contributor to PHP Core, PHP Release Manager 8.0 and 7.2, Author, and has code on Mars / phpc.social@pollita

Kenneth Marks - Author of "PHP Web Development with MySQL" and teaching IT programming at Madison Area Technical College for ten and a half years in the Web Software Developer degree program / @FlibertiGiblets

Kaelyn Lang - Student at Madison Area Technical College studying Web Software Development BFA in Game Design and Development - Art and a minor in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stout

Jack Polifka - Clinical assistant professor at Boise State University in the Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile (GIMM) program
/ @jack_polifka

Adam Giles - third-year student at Boise State University
pursuing an undergraduate degree in Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile (GIMM) / @adamgiles278

Derek Pyatt - third-year student at Boise State University
pursuing an undergraduate degree in Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile (GIMM), also working as a Web and Digital Coordinator for BSU's Admissions office / @pyatt_derek

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85: The State of PHP User Groups

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 02:22:44 +0000

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:

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84: Back at the Table

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 18 May 2022 21:41:06 +0000

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 about PHP Internal's move to Github (https://github.com/php). What's been going on at the PHP Foundation. Joining PHP Social-verse and the overall Fediverse at https://phpc.social. The return of PHP in-person Meetups and Conferences and MergePHP - https://twitter.com/mergephp.

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083: 10 Years Of Laravel

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:25:39 +0000

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.

82: A seat at the table

eric@phproundtable.com (The PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000

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.

081: PHP-FIG 3.0

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 03:01:10 +0000

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.

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80: PHP Internals: Preloading, FFI & More

eric@phproundtable.com (Sara Golemon) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:46:24 +0000

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.

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79: GDPR For PHP Devs

eric@phproundtable.com (Michelangelo van Dam, Wim Godden) — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:39:31 +0000

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 as possible.

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78: DocBlocks, Annotations, PSR-5 & The Like

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0000

We discuss DocBlocks, PSR-5, Annotations, reflection, automatic API documentation generation, and their future in PHP.

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077: Tech Interviews for Self-Taught PHP Programmers

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

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 showing your friends how to reverse a binary tree on a whiteboard.

076: Concurrency, Generators & Coroutines - Oh My!

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0000

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.

075: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0000

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.

074: Secrets, Secrets, Are No Fun

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000

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 using them.

073: PHP Static Analysis

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:00:00 +0000

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.

072: Secret Project Revealed!

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:00:00 +0000

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.

071: Extra, extra: PHP 7.2 released!

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 23 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000

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.

070: All things WordPress

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 16 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000

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

069: Catching Up With PHP Friends

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:00:00 +0000

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.

068: PHP's Dirty Little Segfault Secret

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:00:00 +0000

PHP is known for running really bad code really well. But it has a dirty little secret: deep within its code is a hidden "stack bomb". You can cause PHP to completely crash with just a few lines of code. Today we discuss why this happens and what we can do to fix the issue.

067: Imposter syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 6 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000

In an industry like software engineering where it seems like there's always something else to learn, it's easy to come down with a case of imposter syndrome. We chat about imposter syndrome's impact on the PHP community and contrast it with the Dunning-Kruger effect.

066: Docker: Drinking the Kool-Aid

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

After years of resisting, SammyK finally drank the Docker Kool-Aid for his everyday client work. We talk about his transition from Vagrant to Docker and some bumps he hit along the way.

065: TestFest 2017

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Adding tests to php-src is a great way to get involved with PHP internals. Don't know how to get started? You're in luck. TestFest 2017 is going to be a thing in September. User groups and individuals around the world are going to organize to learn how to add tests to PHP and become official internals contributors.
It has been 7 years since the last TestFest in 2010. We chat about how to get involved with TestFest 2017.

064: PHP 7 Source Code: A Deep Dive

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:30:00 +0000

We take a deep-dive into the underlaying structure of the the PHP source code and talk about the scanner, parser, the new AST layer (and the evil things we can do with it), and the Zend engine. Let's see how the PHP sausage is made!

063: A php[tek] 2017 Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 25 May 2017 21:00:00 +0000

We have a mashup recording with PHPUgly and PHP Town Hall during the community night at php[tek] 2017. We chat about OSMI, UUID's, git, product development, getting involved in the PHP community and funky socks.

062: All things Laravel

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000

We chat all things about the Laravel ecosystem.

061: Dependency Injection

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Dependency Injection has been a design principle that the PHP community has embraced more fully than a lot of other programming communities. There's even an official PHP-FIG standard being discussed called PSR-11 which will standardize dependency injection containers. Today we chat all things dependency injection.

060: Logging & Crash Reporting in PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000

No matter how experienced you are as a programmer, at some point your app will generate errors and crash. Fixing problems with your app quickly is paramount in order to affect as little of your user base as possible. We discuss what is involved with implementing effective logging and crash reporting techniques in PHP to help you keep your apps up and running like a well-oiled machine.

059: PHP 7.1

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:00:00 +0000

PHP 7.1, the latest minor version of PHP, was released on December 1st. We discuss some things that went on behind-the-scenes that brought this new version to a stable release and we look at some new features that we can start taking advantage of today.

058: HTTPlug, Guzzle & API's

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:00:00 +0000

Guzzle has become the de-facto HTTP-client library for PHP. But recently a number of open source projects have been switching to HTTPlug which boasts itself as an HTTP-client abstraction. We chat about the problems HTTPlug aims to solve, the plans for its future and the reasons behind why some library maintainers have chosen to adopt it or not.

057: All things Zend

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000

There's a lot more going on at Zend other than Zend Framework. We chat about the Zend ecosystem, from Apigility to Zend Certification and what Zend's role is in PHP internals.

056: Hourly vs Value-Based Pricing

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000

There are two seemingly contradicting philosophies about how to charge clients for programming work. The hourly camp suggests that the client is paying for your skill and hiring you for your time. The value-based pricing camp suggests that the programmer should price a project based on its value to the client instead of the hours it will take to build it. Today we chat about these two ideas and discuss the pros and cons of both.

055: Acceptance Testing with Behat

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 3 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000

We chat about the open-source Behavior-Driven Development framework called Behat. We get a brief overview of how Behat can help us write more reliable code and also explore some best-practices when writing automated tests.

054: Security: Encryption, Hashing and PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:00:00 +0000

We chat about security in the the PHP community, encryption & hashing in PHP and a new-hotness crypto library called libsodium.

053: Why I'm Afraid To Admit I Use PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 2 Sep 2016 12:00:00 +0000

So you spend most of your time programming in PHP. You meet another programmer out in the wild. You begin explaining what you do. Do you find yourself using vague terms and actively trying to avoid the word "PHP?" Do you dread the question, "What language do you primarily code in?" Do you anticipate them scoffing at you when you say, "PHP?"
We discuss why PHP has such a bad rep in the eyes of many and why some of us feel the need to start conversations with, "I use PHP but let me explain..."

052: Happy Birthday PHP Roundtable!

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Today the PHP Roundtable celebrates 2 years of generating nerdy discussions! We take a look behind the scenes of the PHP Roundtable podcast and chat with some nerds about what's going on the world of PHP.

051: What happened to PHP 6?

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Despite the fact that there was never an official release of PHP 6, it was going to be a real thing with a lot of great improvements to the engine and language. But why was this version of PHP never released? We talk with some previous and current internals developers to hear the story of what happened to PHP 6.

050: PHP For Beginners

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 8 Aug 2016 19:00:00 +0000

If you're just starting with programming & PHP, this episode is for you. We discuss some helpful tips to get you started with PHP programming such as some helpful learning resources and some common pitfalls to watch out for when learning to program.

049: Event Sourcing in PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:00:00 +0000

We spend much of our time as developers managing the state in our applications. There are many different approaches and philosophies attributed to reading, mutating and storing state.
The Event Sourcing pattern is an approach to managing application state. If we think of any given state of our app as a frame in a video, Event Sourcing allows us to scrub through past states of the app. Today we discuss what Event Sourcing is and how we can start integrating it into our PHP apps.

048: Docker & PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:00:00 +0000

The demand for DevOps skills is growing more and more in modern web development. But all the hype and demand is met with myriad DevOps tools. Staying abreast of how these tools can help make our jobs easier can be daunting. So today we take a closer look at one of these tools called Docker which takes a microservices-architecture approach to managing your servers.

047: All About HTTP/2

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0000

HTTP/1.1 will eventually be replaced by HTTP/2 so it's important for us PHP nerds to know all about the latest version of the HTTP protocol that's already running some of the internet's biggest websites. We discuss the things we need to know to start using HTTP/2 in our next PHP app.
We also go briefly off topic to discuss the status of PHP 7.1 and the ramsey/uuid lib.

046: Character Encoding and UTF-8 in PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 30 May 2016 12:00:00 +0000

If you've ever gotten a number of weird looking characters in your database or on your website like, "�" and didn't know why, then this episode is for you. Those bizarre characters called "mojibake", rear their ugly heads when we don't account for a consistent character encoding. Today we discuss what character encoding is, how to accommodate for it in HTML, PHP & your database, and how we can ensure we'll never encounter an unexpected alien character in our web apps again.

045: A php|tek 2016 Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:00:00 +0000

We record live from main stage at php|tek in St. Louis, MO. We discuss speaking at conferences and recent events in PHP-FIG.

044: Asynchronous PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Async? Isn't that like AJAX in Javascript or something? Most PHP developers encounter asynchronous code for the first time in Javascript, but not many are aware that PHP can do async too. We discuss asynchronous programming in PHP and how we might be able to implement it in our own projects using various libraries.
We also take a look at how async features could be added to PHP core to support async natively.

043: A Lone Star PHP 2016 Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 9 Apr 2016 18:00:00 +0000

We record live from Lone Star PHP 2016 in Dallas, TX. We discuss what DI Containers aren't, tradeoffs to making things easy, how to improve your dev skills, repercussions of depending on Composer, PHP 7.1 features and we give away a white Confoo elePHPant.

042: Staying Relevant For Web Development

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The technologies that run the web are constantly changing. We discuss strategies for staying on top of the constant flux with continuous learning throughout your career, having mentors, engaging regularly with your peers, contributing to open source projects, voracious reading, and travel to programming events.

041: The PHP-FIG: Past, Present & Future

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The PHP-FIG has really helped the PHP community get onboard the collaboration train with really great standards like the PSR-4 autoloading standard and the PSR-7 HTTP message interfaces.
We discuss PSR-0 through PSR-13 and the process they go through to become standards. We also discuss where the FIG came from and the possible big changes coming to the organization soon.

040: Graph Databases

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Traditional relational databases like MySQL or Postgres are really good at providing many solutions to the problem of persisting state. But these types of database are really horrible at querying highly connected models in an efficient way.
Graph databases like Neo4j and OrientDB excel at highly connected data. In fact, graph technologies are the backbone of social networks like Facebook and Twitter. We discuss how to think about our data using the graph model and what tools we can use in our PHP projects to interface with them. We also discuss the considerations we'll need to make when deciding whether or not to use a graph database in our next project.

039: From Idea To Production: Part 2

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:00:00 +0000

We get an update on status of the project we discussed in part 1 and discuss next steps to take our dance event management app idea to production.

038: RFC Show & Tell

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000

New features of PHP get added via the request for comments process. We chatting with a few RFC authors about what features they are proposing for the next major version of PHP.

037: An ORM Discussion

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 3 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Object-relational mapping (ORM) tools are a great way to model relational databases in your codebase. We discuss the benefits that ORM tools can add to our apps, some problems with the ORM model and where the PHP community seems to be heading when it comes to persisting data. We'll also discuss the opposing active record & data mapper paradigms.

036: A Room 11 Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:00:00 +0000

We bring room 11 chat room from Stack Overflow to the Roundtable. We discuss security, PSR-6, Magic the Gathering, PHP 7 and kittens.

035: Immutable PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:00:00 +0000

Immutability plays a huge role in functional programming and many languages support immutability directly; like the readonly keyword in C#. It is possible to create immutable objects in PHP, but the language lacks inherent immutable features for scalar variables and class properties. We discuss how to bring functional programming concepts to PHP and brainstorm some features that could possibly be added to future versions of PHP to offer better immutability support.

034: Debugging is more than var_dump()

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Believe it or not, there's a lot more to debugging your PHP code than var_dump()'ing all the things. We discuss how to use debugging tools to help us comprehensively debug our codebase.

033: Design Patternmania

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:00:00 +0000

With a new design pattern coming out every week it can be easy to get caught up in all the hype. If you frequently try to implement the latest-and-greatest design pattern and feel constantly paralyzed by the thought, "I know I'm doing this wrong," this episode is for you.
We discuss how "not seeing the forest for the trees" might be a good thing as we try to narrow our focus in order to write better code without thinking of patterns first.

032: Running A Rockin' PHP User Group

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:00:00 +0000

User groups are core to the strength of the PHP community. We discuss what it takes to run a solid user group in your area; finding food & venue sponsors, finding speakers, dealing with money & expenses, and all the details that go into making a rockin' user group.
And if you don't have a user group in your area, hopefully this episode will inspire you to take Cal Evans' advice and start one!

031: Checking in with PHP & HHVM internals

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 6 Oct 2015 12:00:00 +0000

We chatting with some PHP & HHVM internals folks to learn what's been going on in the world of internals.

030: SOA and Microservices

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 1 Sep 2015 16:00:00 +0000

SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is an architecture that shifts our focus from one big monolithic web app to smaller connected web apps. We discuss what an SOA app looks like in the real world and how it affects our codebases, deployment & DevOps.

029: The Only Girl In The Room

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Inspired by a panel discussion at Midwest PHP 2015, we discuss what barriers exist for women in the PHP community and what we can all do to remove gender bias.

028: The Alcoholic & Unfit PHP Culture

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0000

The PHP community has its fair-share of devs struggling with alcohol & weight loss and it doesn't help that there is a strong culture around alcohol consumption at nerd events. For some, the bottle is just a fun weekend with nerds. For others, it's a vice & deep struggle affecting them both mentally and physically.
We'll be discussing the alcoholic culture in the PHP community as well as our struggle with weight loss.

027: A Laracon US Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:30:00 +0000

A live recording from Laracon US in Louisville, Kentucky.

026: Documentation & Developer Experience

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Documentation can make or break a project but it's often completely overlooked until the very end. And if we don't think about how developers will interact with our project before writing our opening php tag, we could end up with a very ugly API.
We'll discuss some strategies we can take to improve the overall developer experience with "good" documentation and clean API's

025: PHP7 Release Management

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:00:00 +0000

We've seen 2 alpha releases of PHP 7 so far and the first beta release became available this past Friday, July 10th. We might not put too much thought into what goes into each release of PHP so for this episode we take a closer look at the release management processes for PHP 7.

024: Becoming A PHP Entrepreneur

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:00:00 +0000

So you have a 9-5 job but want to start your own business... where do you start? We discuss what realistic first-steps you'll need to take in order to transform yourself from a PHP employee to PHP entrepreneur.

023: PHP's Major "Bus Factor" Problem

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Inspired by a lively Open Spaces session at php|tek 2015, we discuss how PHP's ecosystem could be threatened by a not-so-obvious bus factor and what we can all do to keep things thriving.

022: All About PSR-7

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:00:00 +0000

PSR-7 is the latest accepted member to the PHP FIG's standards library. We discuss what PSR-7 is, how it utilizes streams, immutability & middleware, and how it will affects you as a developer.

021: From Idea To Production: Part 1

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 28 May 2015 11:00:00 +0000

We discuss an idea for a web app and identify ways to turn it into a real-life product on the web.
We start with describing the domain and the problems the app should solve. Then we identify the personas that will interact with the app. We discuss the features features the app should have to fix the problems and we sort all the features by priority. Finally we talk about timeline, deliverables and next steps.
The app we discuss will be launched to production by the next airing of this multi-part series of taking an idea to code.

020: A Loosely Coupled Mashup @ php[tek]

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 21 May 2015 21:30:00 +0000

A special live mashup recording with Loosely Coupled from php[tek] in Chicago, IL. We talk #phptek, Open Source, and eat some PSR-7 cake.

019: The Business of PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:00:00 +0000

We discuss freelancing as a PHP developer, managing client expectations, niches, good customer service, project scope & scope creep, hourly rates vs value based pricing, and whether or not to run a SaaS.

018: F8 Afterglow & The PHP SDK

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:00:00 +0000

A short afterglow discussion about the 2015 F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco, CA & a look at the new Facebook PHP SDK and where it's headed.

017: Modernizing Legacy Codebases in PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00:00 +0000

We discuss practical ways of dealing with legacy codebases and address the question of, "to rewrite or to refactor"? We also talk about how we should manage client expectations when working with a legacy codebase. And finally we discuss some general strategies for refactoring a codebase to good, clean, modern PHP.

016: Contributing To PHP 7

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:00:00 +0000

You don't need to be a C programmer in order to contribute to PHP internals. We'll be discussing how you can get involved with PHP internals, the GoPHP7-ext project and how you can help get PHP 7 ready for release.

015: SemVer, Licensing & OS Support Expectations

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Part 2 of an on-going series on open source. We discuss a number of open source topics including what the expectations are for support of an open source project. We also discuss how to use SemVer to successfully maintain an open source package and what we can do when SemVer is not an option. And finally we take a look at licensing and discuss why we need to be concerned with it.

014: A Midwest PHP Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:30:00 +0000

A live recording from Midwest PHP in Minneapolis, MN. We talk about developer burn-out, the GoPHP7-ext project, why eval() is bad, the cons of the reflection class and announce the voting phase for an RFC for PHP7.

013: TDD & BDD In PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:00:00 +0000

We focus our discussion on two ideologies within the testing realm: test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD). We talk about how these two methodologies bring a unique angle to testing software and how we can use them in tandem in our own PHP projects.

012: A PHP Town Hall Mashup at Sunshine PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 7 Feb 2015 21:30:00 +0000

A live mashup of PHP Roundtable and PHP Town Hall at Sunshine PHP in Miami, Florida.

011: Accessibility On The Web

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:00:00 +0000

Accessibility is an important and often overlooked aspect of web development. In this episode we'll discuss why web accessibility is so important and how we can make the web more accessible.

010: ReactJS and the Flux architecture

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:00:00 +0000

ReactJS is not just another JavaScript framework. It's not a replacement for jQuery, Ember or Angular. But it's a library that's got one wild and crazy way to render the DOM using something called JSX. You'll hate it. Then you'll love it. Then you'll be an annoying fan-boy of it.

009: Coding Securely In PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:00:00 +0000

With big security breaches becoming the norm these days, security is something we simply cannot ignore. In this discussion we'll ask the experts how we can become more responsible developers by learning about specific security threats we should be most concerned with.

008: Domain-Driven Design In PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Discussing domain-driven design concepts in PHP.

007: Git & Git-Flow - Open Source Part 1

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Part one of a multi-part series on open source. Today we discuss open source & code management with a version control system & explore the concept of git-flow.

006: Faceoff: Taylor Otwell vs Phil Sturgeon

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Taylor Otwell & Phil Sturgeon go head-to-head debating all the things.

005: PHP Internals - Past, Present & Future

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:00:00 +0000

How the sausage is made. Taking a look at PHP's history and where it's going in the future.

004: All About API's

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:00:00 +0000

All about web API's: designing your API with RAML, authentication with OAuth and discussing the hypermedia-constraint (HATEOAS).

003: A #WurstCon Special

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Drunken chatter from #WurstCon Chicago 2014.

002: Functional Programming In PHP

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 8 Sep 2014 19:00:00 +0000

We explore what functional programming looks like in PHP. We also touch on non-blocking, asynchronous, & event-driven concepts.

001: The PHP Community, PHP CLI, & ElePHPants

eric@phproundtable.com (PHP Roundtable) — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:00:00 +0000

A discussion that examines the zeitgeist of PHP. From elePHPants, to user groups, to PHP internals, to testing, to the awesome people in the community.