Mike Page

Mike first delved into programming when he needed a website for his mobile DJing business. He started off reading a book, ‘Build a Website for Dummies’, yes, the big yellow ones. After that, he moved on to C#. In 2020, while he was working at a secondary school in the UK, he was asked to look after their intranet, which was built in PHP. He spent the summer learning PHP and began maintaining and expanding the Intranet. In Nov 2020, Mike started his first full-time development job. He then joined the team at PHP Architect in Feb 2024. Mike is also the co-host of the PHP Alive and Kicking Podcast with Chris Miller.

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Raising the Profile of PHP Today

By Mike Page

A few years ago, I attended PHP UK for the first time. At the end of the conference, there was a panel discussion. The first question put to the panel was – How do we introduce new developers to PHP? by Mike Page

Published in PHP’s Profile is Looking Up, November 2026