As PHP developers, we need to know a lot of language features to make our code easy to write and maintain. Without explicitly being told about a part of the language, it’s hard to even know it exists, so today, we’re going to discuss the magic methods our classes have and how we should use […]

In this video, Scott discusses MergePHP with Logan Lindquist and the state of the in person PHP User Group. Links: MergePHP – https://www.mergephp.com/ HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io 00:00 Intro 01:14 What are AustinPHP and MergePHP? 04:31 How Often are Meetings? 06:31 Who Can Join The Meetups? 08:58 What Prevents Merge From Being In-person? 10:23 What Qualities […]

In this episode, Scott talks to Keith “Danger” Casey about being called “Danger”, his talks at php[tek] 2024, and the benefits of going to conferences.  Links: caseysoftware.com LinkedIn Learning – https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/keith-casey Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this episode, Scott talks to Mark Niebergall about his talks at php[tek] 2024, preparing to do a 3-hour tutorial track talk, his work as a PHP-FIG Secretary, and the current opening as a PHP-FIG Secretary.  Links: PHP-FIG: www.php-fig.org Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to Nils Adermann about composer, Private Packagist, and Nil’s talk at php[tek] 2024.  Links: Private Packagist – https://packagist.com/ Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to James Seconde about what services Vonage provides developers and his talks at php[tek] 2024. Links: Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to Tim Lytle about tips for new conference attendees and his talk on Docker at php[tek] 2024.  Links: Dev Friday Show – https://devfridayshow.com/ Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

Scott talks to Larry Garfield about his talks at php[tek] 2024 and the open source projects he’s created and maintained for the community. Links: Larry’s Blogs – https://www.garfieldtech.com and https://peakd.com/@crell Serde – https://github.com/Crell/Serde AttributeUtils – https://github.com/Crell/AttributeUtils Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

Scott talks to Scott McAllister from ngrok about some of the features ngrok can provide to its users and Scott’s talk about webhooks at php[tek] 2024 Links: ngrok – https://ngrok.com/ Webhooks.fyi – https://webhooks.fyi/ Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this episode, Scott talks to April Wensel from Compassionate Coding about empathy in coding and her keynote at php[tek] 2024.