Back in 2004, PHP was named number one language of 2004. Since then, it's hovered in the top ten, maintaining its popularity and ranking, including a move up from 5th place to 4th (as mentioned on the Zend Developer Zone).

The TIOBE Programming Community Index has been updated for April 2006 showing their view on the status of programming languages in the development community. PHP moves up a spot from 5th to 4th. The long-in-the-tooth C fades back a bit relinquishing 1st place to Java, while C++ gains on its brethren with PHP biting on its heels (a margin of 0.02 between their percentages). PHP has a higher climb rate so expect another big move in the coming year.

For those that are wondering "why should I care?" about this random index? The post mentions how they come up with their numbers. It's mainly a popularity contest, but it's useful for seeing which way the public sways. The post also mentions thatm while it's one way to check the popularity, slightly altering the search parameters can give dramatically different results.

Back in 2004, PHP was named number one language of 2004. Since then, it's hovered in the top ten, maintaining its popularity and ranking, including a move up from 5th place to 4th (as mentioned on the Zend Developer Zone).

The TIOBE Programming Community Index has been updated for April 2006 showing their view on the status of programming languages in the development community. PHP moves up a spot from 5th to 4th. The long-in-the-tooth C fades back a bit relinquishing 1st place to Java, while C++ gains on its brethren with PHP biting on its heels (a margin of 0.02 between their percentages). PHP has a higher climb rate so expect another big move in the coming year.

For those that are wondering "why should I care?" about this random index? The post mentions how they come up with their numbers. It's mainly a popularity contest, but it's useful for seeing which way the public sways. The post also mentions thatm while it's one way to check the popularity, slightly altering the search parameters can give dramatically different results.

Zend has officially announced their Call for Papers for their Zend/PHP Conference and Expo for 2006. The conference, happening October 29th through November 2nd, will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.

Zend Technologies invites you to participate in what will be the premier forum for PHP in 2006. Present your technical concepts, cutting edge applications, or business applications. Your participation will make this conference a success. Share your ideas with fellow colleagues in the PHP community.

The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 15th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006.

The theme for this year is "Creating Modern Web Applications with PHP" with three tracks for you to work up a proposal for - "PHP and Web Services", "PHP Development", and "PHP Management".

For complete details on the hows, whens, and whats, check out the Zend site for proposal specs, compensation, and the right way to submit.

Zend has officially announced their Call for Papers for their Zend/PHP Conference and Expo for 2006. The conference, happening October 29th through November 2nd, will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.

Zend Technologies invites you to participate in what will be the premier forum for PHP in 2006. Present your technical concepts, cutting edge applications, or business applications. Your participation will make this conference a success. Share your ideas with fellow colleagues in the PHP community.

The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 15th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006.

The theme for this year is "Creating Modern Web Applications with PHP" with three tracks for you to work up a proposal for - "PHP and Web Services", "PHP Development", and "PHP Management".

For complete details on the hows, whens, and whats, check out the Zend site for proposal specs, compensation, and the right way to submit.

The Atlanta PHP Users Group has posted this quick announcement about their next meeting in March, 2006 there in Tucker, Georgia.

The meeting will be happening Thursday, March 2nd at their usual meeting location, New Horizions. The meeting will start at about 7pm and will consist of Kevin Roberts presenting an overview of some of the PHP frameworks being used today.

You can get more information about the group and this meeting on their site...

The Atlanta PHP Users Group has posted this quick announcement about their next meeting in March, 2006 there in Tucker, Georgia.

The meeting will be happening Thursday, March 2nd at their usual meeting location, New Horizions. The meeting will start at about 7pm and will consist of Kevin Roberts presenting an overview of some of the PHP frameworks being used today.

You can get more information about the group and this meeting on their site...

The Atlanta PHP Users Group has posted a reminder about their February meeting happening tonight, the 2nd at 7pm in Tucker, Georgia.

Our February meeting will start with a new short session of PHP Tips & Tricks. This will become a regular tradition at our meetings, and we hope it encourages and helps newcomers and seasoned PHP programmers alike. See Chris's reminder to bring your Tips & Tricks: http://www.atlphp.org/node/120

Following the Tips & Tricks session, we will dive into another new segment that will surface from time-to-time at meetings throughout the year: PHP Topics. PHP Topics will be a programmer-to-programmer open discussion forum about some topic related to the PHP community. We'll do this on a semi-regular basis (i.e. once a quarter). If it turns out to be a popular segment, we may set aside some time for a short discussion at each meeting.

You can get the full details for the meeting here including directions to the meeting place.

The Atlanta PHP Users Group has posted a reminder about their February meeting happening tonight, the 2nd at 7pm in Tucker, Georgia.

Our February meeting will start with a new short session of PHP Tips & Tricks. This will become a regular tradition at our meetings, and we hope it encourages and helps newcomers and seasoned PHP programmers alike. See Chris's reminder to bring your Tips & Tricks: http://www.atlphp.org/node/120

Following the Tips & Tricks session, we will dive into another new segment that will surface from time-to-time at meetings throughout the year: PHP Topics. PHP Topics will be a programmer-to-programmer open discussion forum about some topic related to the PHP community. We'll do this on a semi-regular basis (i.e. once a quarter). If it turns out to be a popular segment, we may set aside some time for a short discussion at each meeting.

You can get the full details for the meeting here including directions to the meeting place.