Rob’s journey into PHP started in 1995—way back in the last century, as he puts it—when he got headhunted from a C++ role testing mobile phones. The twist? He was in an online gaming guild that needed a website, discovered PHP 3, and thought “this is way easier than writing C++.” Three […]

 This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about PHPTek 2026, JSTek 2026, the new PHP 8.5 Release Page, the PHP Foundation Blog is getting good, the Year 2038 problem, Craft moves to Laravel, getting interviewed by an AI, and more… Links from the show: I just had a job interview… with […]

 Key Takeaways Expertise in PHP development transcends basic programming skills. Comprehensive understanding of asynchronous programming and SOLID principles enhances code quality. PHP’s “alive and kicking” status proves its adaptability and ongoing relevance in web development. Bert De Swaef emphasizes the importance of PHP in enterprise solutions and long-term projects. Tools like Composer and PHPUnit […]

PHPARCH25 – 25% off any certification – valid til April Jasper hasn’t written a line of code since his Commodore 64 days—and he’s perfectly fine with that. While most guests talk about their first “Hello World,” Jasper’s entry into PHP came from the business side. Twelve years of organizing Laracon EU taught him something crucial: […]

 This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John discuss Longhorn, JSTek, PHP 8.5 Website Design, the User Group Meetup, and more. Links from the show: Why are you so obsessed with me? 🙄 #vonage #meangirls – YouTube Longhorn PHP JS Tek 2026: Call for Speakers @ Sessionize.com Call for Designs: Refresh the PHP […]

   You’ve got a UK teaching qualification, you’re qualified to teach anywhere in the world, and then you move back to France only to discover—surprise!—your degree means absolutely nothing there. Estelle’s journey into PHP started with Brexit, a worthless PGCE, and the realization that living at your parents’ house for three years, hoping to […]

 Zuzana didn’t grow up coding at age 10, she came to development later in life, looking for flexible work she could do around raising three kids. A chance encounter with an online bootcamp that happened to use PHP (not JavaScript like most today) set her on a path she never expected. WordPress meetups and […]

 The Bored Sysadmin Who Chose PHP Over .NET a young Linux sysadmin whose job involves kicking the mail server once a week and spending the rest of the time playing Call of Duty. Steve watched the dev team actually creating things and decided to join them. JavaScript looked “kind of cool,” PHP “made sense,” […]

 Matt takes us back to the mid-90s, learning HTML and PHP alongside his older brother – back when there was no CSS or JavaScript, and getting a header and footer to include across multiple pages felt like magic. Fast forward to today, and that early foundation still influences how he codes and thinks about […]

 In this special live episode of The PHP Podcast, hosts Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon welcome the legendary Nuno Maduro from the Laravel Core Team — live and in person! This episode is packed with energy, laughs, and deep insights as Nuno shares stories from behind the scenes of Laravel development, the philosophy […]