PHP UK Conference 2007
February 23rd, 2007
Today’s PHP conference was a mixed bag.
Cal Evans’ mashup of UPS and Google Maps (for you geeks, UPS in this context is United Parcel Service not Uninterruptible Power Supply) was practical but contained a bit too much code in my opinion for a single hour-long presentation.
Of notable mention was Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP, who, slightly flustered by the dropped wireless connectivity, presented his talk on ‘Fast and Rich Web Apps with PHP 5′, ending off with some tips on porting from PHP 4 to PHP 5. Q & A ended with a sneak peak into the upcoming PHP 6 server-wide support for Unicode, which will help facilitate internationalisation, and make PHP more attractive to corporates and multi-nationals.
All in all a mixed bag of presentations, and as usual the pre- and post- conference events are where most of the real stuff happens (as in finding out what people are actually doing with PHP and beyond).
Well done PHP London Group for putting on a well run, affordable event. See you next year.
