PaWS Tickets Now On Sale!

[05-Feb-2004] The PaWS Group is proud to announce that tickets are now available for the first PHP and Web Standards Conference. We are offering Weekend tickets (Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd only) as well as Conference tickets (Friday 20th - Tuesday 24th) for the entire length of the event. Additionally, we also have Daily tickets available for each day of the conference. Tickets will also be available on the door for those that simply want to drop in.

For ticket and accommodation Prices, look over our pricing guide for more information. Purchase your tickets today for this one of a kind conference!

PHP 4.3.5RC2 released!

[03-Feb-2004] PHP 4.3.5RC2 has been released for testing. This is likely to be the last release candidate prior to the final release, so please test it as much as possible. List of changes can be found in the NEWS file.

Call for Papers Reminder: O'Reilly Open Source Convention

[03-Feb-2004] The 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention will be in Portland OR, July 26-30. Submit your PHP-related talks and tutorials until the February 9 deadline.

PHP Conference 2004 Spring Edition Programme Online

[18-Jan-2004] The session programme of the International PHP Conference 2004 Spring Edition Amsterdam has now been published by the organizers. It features 32 fine sessions from PHP core developers and others within 5 tracks and 2 power workshops on the pre-conference day. Early bird registrations have been opened now until prior to April 2, 2004. The Conference will happen from 3rd to 5th May, 2004.

php|cruise deadline set for February 15th

[16-Jan-2004] The organizers of the php|cruise conference (March 1st through March 5th, 2004) have announced that February 15th will be the deadline to sign up for the event. php|cruise features over 30 sessions, covering material from beginner to advanced level, and takes place onboard a cruise ship bound for the Bahamas islands.

PHP and Web Standards Conference - UK 2004

[22-Dec-2003] The PaWS Group is pleased to announce the first ever UK PHP and Web Standards Conference. PaWS Con will cover using PHP and Web Standards separately and in conjunction with each other. The conference will take place from February 20th - 24th 2004.

The Call for Papers has been announced with a deadline of January 17th. Pre-Registration for early-bird savers is now also open, so register to earn your discount and provide PaWS with valuable feedback.

Vancouver PHP Conference 2004

[22-Dec-2003] The Vancouver PHP Users Association presents The PHP Vancouver Conference on January 22-23, a professional and technical conference focused on the PHP scripting language. The goal of this conference is to bring together some of the world's leading PHP developers and business professionals to share their experience with both students and PHP professionals in a series of talks.

PHP 5.0 Beta 3 released!

[21-Dec-2003] PHP 5.0 Beta 3 has been released. The third beta of PHP is also scheduled to be the last one (barring unexpected surprises). This beta incorporates dozens of bug fixes since Beta 2, better XML support and many other improvements, some of which are documented in the ChangeLog.

Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:

• PHP 5 features the Zend Engine 2.
• XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library (http://www.xmlsoft.org/).
• SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite, please visit their website.
• A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and vice-versa.
• Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams.

PHP Community Site Project Announced

[18-Dec-2003] Members of the PHP community are seeking volunteers to help develop the first Web site that is created both by the community and for the community. The features of this project will be driven by the needs and desires of the community as much as possible and may include such things as blogs, news, FAQs, articles, links, and tutorials.

If you would like to contribute, please contact Chris Shiflett, who is coordinating this project. There is a need for every type of contributor, including developers, translators, administrators, designers, writers, and advocates.

PHP Magazine in PDF Format

[15-Dec-2003] Software & Support Media, producers of the International PHP Conference, are pleased to announce a new monthly version of their print publication, the "International PHP Magazine", published in PDF format and distributed electronically. The first issue is available for free on the magazine's website.

First PHP dedicated DVD released!

[13-Dec-2003] The PHP Québec is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PHP Québec DVD. Over 6 hours of conferences, recorded in Montréal, in March 2003. DVD is subtitled in English and French, making legendary sessions from Rasmus and Zeev available anywhere in the world.

This DVD makes a nice christmas present for every PHP enthusiast. Available in English or French.

Call for Participation: MySQL User Conference 2004

[12-Dec-2003] The Call for Participation for the 2004 MySQL User Conference is now open. MySQL is looking for sessions that speak to your peers: practical, pragmatic and clueful presentations that focus on how you solved problems in a demanding or unique technical environment. Additionally, the conference is looking for solid proposals for Bird-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions and Lightning Talks.

The call for papers closes on January 14th. The call for BoFs and lightning talks closes on February 14th. The conference will take place on April 14th to 16th in Orlando, Florida, USA.

First Bulgarian and Second Hungarian PHP Conference

[01-Dec-2003] The First Bulgarian PHP conference will be held within the framework of the 2004 Web Technology Conference in Sofia in March. The goal of the meeting is to discuss the trends and to popularize PHP among the business, education and services sectors. The organizers welcome proposals for sessions and company presentations.

Also coming in March 2004 is the Second Hungarian PHP Conference building on last year's successful event. The Call For Papers is open for the conference, speakers are welcome to hold sessions and workshops ranging from PHP internals to web standard compliance. The event is exclusively in Hungarian.

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