The PHP Town Hall podcast has returned with a new episode that gives you the low down on PSR-15, a proposal being discussed by the PHP-FIG group to provide structure around middleware implementation.

An all star cast this episode, as Ben and Phil are joined by regular guest Anthony Ferrara - thinker of good ideas and long-time part-time side-line contributor to the PHP-FIG, Woody Gilk - one-speed rider & BDFL of Kohana, and Beau Simensen - author of a bunch of stuff including StackPHP.

Here we’re talking about some awesome stuff the PHP-FIG is working on: PSR-15 (HTTP Middleware). [...] We discuss all this, and the reason PSR-7 (HTTP Message) is not enough for the ecosystem to benefit from shareable middleware.

You can catch this latest episode in a few different ways including the use of the in-page audio or video player, by downloading the mp3 directly or you can view the recording of the live Google Hangout over on YouTube. If you enjoy the episode be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter for updates when new shows are released.

On the Zend Developer Zone they've posted about a presentation given by Anthony Ferrara at this year's php[world] conference that just wrapped up in Washington, D.C. In it he talks about the future of PHP, PHP 7 and beyond.

PHPWorld was a great conference. If you didn’t attend, you missed a lot. Several of the keynotes just rocked the house including both Lorna Mitchell and Tessa Mero. The highlight for me however was Anthony Ferrara’s closing keynote, “PHP 7 and Beyond: The Future of PHP”. Anthony is a Core developer but also a vibrant member of the community.

Anthony is a good friend of mine but this is the first time I have ever had the chance to see him deliver a keynote talk. I do hope it won’t be the last. The recording of Anthony’s talk is embedded below the storify. I highly recommend watching it.

He (Cal Evans) includes his set of live tweets from during the presentation as well as an embedded version of the video if you'd like to watch the entire thing. It was also posted to YouTube if you prefer to watch it there.

The PHP Roundtable podcast has posted their latest episode today, Episode #33 - Design Patternmania. This episode features guests Adam Wathan, Anthony Ferrara and Ross Tuck discussing design patterns with host Sammy Kaye Powers.

With a new design pattern coming out every week it can be easy to get caught up in all the hype. If you frequently try to implement the latest-and-greatest design pattern and feel constantly paralyzed by the thought, "I know I'm doing this wrong," this episode is for you.

We discuss how "not seeing the forest for the trees" might be a good thing as we try to narrow our focus in order to write better code without thinking of patterns first.

You can catch this latest episode either through the in-page video player or directly on YouTube. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter to get information about the latest shows as they're released (and when future live recordings are happening).

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has posted their latest episode, another in their series of interviews with members of the PHP community. In this new episode host Cal Evans talks with Anthony Ferrara, a well known member of the community and Director of Engineering for Grovo.

Cal and Anthony talk about his new role at Grovo, a B2B learning company with a focus on professional development (through "microlearning"). They talk about some of the unique challenges they're facing including a legacy codebase and scaling it to the next level. Cal also asks Anthony about his team and how well they follow the ideals of "best practices", but Anthony points out that there's a balance between that and the right tool for the right job. They also talk about a co-worker of his, Yitzchok Willroth, and what he focuses on. Finally, they discuss the controversial RFC that Anthony worked through php.internal and his experience there.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. Be sure to subscribe to their feed or follow them on Twitter

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has posted the latest in their series of interviews with members of the PHP community. In this new episode host Cal Evans talks with Anthony Ferrara.

Cal and Anthony talk some about security, some comments another speaker (Wim Godden) about password hashing and what PHP has to offer for those looking for functionality. They also discuss the work Anthony did on the password hashing API and how he helped to ensure forward compatibility. They talk some about Anthony's work at Google and how he represents their products.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3. If you enjoy the interview and want to hear more, be sure to subscribe to their feed.

The PHP Town Hall podcast has posted a new episode today with the Return of the Ferrara. Hosts Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon are joined once again by guest Anthony Ferrara to talk about, among other things, scalar type hints.

Regular guest Anthony Ferrara joins us “in the studio” to talk about the new version of his scalar type hints, which since recording - a f**king month ago - has been accepted for PHP 7. We thought it would be good to have a bit of a chat about the feature, the nonsense that surrounded it and a bunch of other random internals and PHP 7 related blathering.

You can catch this latest episode in a few different ways, either through the in-page audio player, by downloading the mp3 or through the video recording of the live session. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to their feed too.

The PHP Town Hall podcast has released the latest episode of their show - Episode #6, "PSR-X and the Mexican Standoff".

PHP-FIG member Paul M. Jones and PHP contributor Anthony Ferrera come on the podcast with Ben, Phil and regular guest Zack Kitzmiller to discuss the new Package Orientated Autoloader Proposal (a.k.a PSR-X), and wether or not PSR’s should ever be amended.[...] Nobody wins, but the argument brings up a lot of interesting topics and points of view, and that is mostly what we are here for.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player by downloading the mp3 or by subscribing to their feed. The post also contains links to several of the groups and technologies mentioned in the episode.

Anthony Ferrara has posted about the latest installation in his video tutorial series he's been producing on various programming topics. In this latest video he covers the use of prepared statements in your database interactions.

The fourth video in the Programming With Anthony series is live! In this video, we'll explore the basic principles of prepared statements, and why you should use them instead of using escaped input directly in queries.

You can watch this latest video over on YouTube. You can also check out the previous videos in the series while you're there covering paradigms, encryption and references.