SitePoint had another "Talk with the Experts" session with two of their own developers, Jude Aakjaer and Michael Sauter. They've posted the full transcript of the session to their PHP blog today. It was a Q&A session between them and the attendees.
Topics discussed included:
- What beginners should know about PHP
- Most used frameworks
- Using WordPress
- Tools/IDEs the two developers like
- Packagist/Composer
- Using 3rd party libraries
- Naming conventions and namespacing
You can read the full discussion here.