The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast, hosted by PHP community member Cal Evans, has posted its latest interview with a member of the PHP community. In this latest show Cal talks with Adam Englander, Senior Engineer at Iovation.

Cal and Adam talk about the work Adam does in cryptography circles and some of the main issues he sees developers using over and over. They also talk about some of the current PHP functionality around hashing, multi-factor authentication, the use of JWT/JOSE for authentication. They also talk about the Lets Encrypt service and how it's helping to make the web a safer place.

You can listen to this latest episode either using the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. If you enjoy the episode, be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter for updates when new shows are released.

The 7PHP.com site has posted their latest PHP community interview. This time it's with a group from the Las Vegas PHP User Group about their community and group. The interview talks to Adam Englander, one of the organizers of the group.

This is the #4th set of ‘Know Thy PHP Usergroup‘ in an attempt to create more awareness of: what is $this PHP UG about + get to know the leaders/Founders/Community behind it and what is a PHP User Group in general to personally know all the PHP user groups Around The World – that excites me and I hope you too! This concept is also a good opportunity for new #elePHPants to know about PHP UGs. [...] The Las Vegas PHP Users Group is a group dedicated to PHP developers learning from and teaching each other. [...] All skill levels are sought after. If you are looking to teach, learn, network, or just mingle, join the group and participate on the adventure.

They cover a lot of topics about the group including things like:

• How the group started
• How often they meet
• What was their largest meeting attendance
• Challenges in finding sponsors
• How it's different than other user groups

Check out the full interview for the answers to these and other interesting questions.