The folks behind php[architect] magazine have posted the second episode of their podcast - Episde #2: Embracing Change.

Welcome to the second episode of the php[podcast]. In this episode, we take a look at the September 2017 issue and the topic of managing changes both in your application and career.

Topics mentioned include using version control and testing as tools when projects change, an interview with Ben Ramsey about PHP TestFest and the keynotes at the upcoming php[world] conference. You can listen to this latest episode either using the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 of the show for listening at your leisure.

The PHP Roundtable podcast, hosted by PHP community member Sammy K Powers, has posted their latest episode: Episode #47: All About HTTP/2. This time Sammy is joined by guests Davey Shafik, Ben Ramsey and Junade Ali.

HTTP/1.1 will eventually be replaced by HTTP/2 so it's important for us PHP nerds to know all about the latest version of the HTTP protocol that's already running some of the internet's biggest websites. We discuss the things we need to know to start using HTTP/2 in our next PHP app.

We also go briefly off topic to discuss the status of PHP 7.1 and the ramsey/uuid lib.

You can catch this latest episode in a few different ways: either though either the in-page audio or video players or directly over on YouTube. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter for announcements when the latest episodes are released.

On the 7PHP.com site Khayrettee Wasseem has posted a new interview with Ben Ramsey about the recent anniversary of the PHP language - "20 Years of PHP".

This is the 2nd serie of our #20YearsOfPHP ! YES $this->year[‘2015′] needs to be over-brimmed with lots and lots of love and happiness to celebrate this amazing unique moment. All that PHP has achieved today, is the hard work of myriads of PHP rockstar from all over the world. It’s also because of a super-fantastic group (they know who they are!) of dedicated people who are doing their utmost best to keep shaping, giving consistence to and above all safeguarding the magical community that is The PHP Community! [...] Here over 7PHP, I’m taking this a step further by interviewing some of the PHP rockstars about what they have to say about #20YearsOfPHP

In the interview Ben answers questions about some of his own experience in the PHP community, lessons he's learned over the years, why he thinks PHP has survived so long and his advice to new PHPers just starting out.

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast, hosted by Cal Evans has posted their latest in their series of interviews with members of the PHP community. In this new episode Cal talks with Ben Ramsey, a long-time member of the PHP community.

In the episode Cal and Ben talk some about Ben's own experience in the PHP community with a bit of a "retrospective" and how he felt good being a part of something good. He also talks about his experience getting back into the community and publishing an open source library. They also talk about his experience contributing to the core PHP language and his involvement with the VirtPHP project.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 for listening offline. If you enjoy the episode, be sure to subscribe to their feed.

The /Dev/Hell podcast has released their latest episode today (#52) - True North PHP 2014 with hosts Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler. This one was recorded at this year's True North PHP conference that happened at the beginning of November in Toronto, Canada.

On a cold winter’s night in the far north, Chris and Ed recorded a podcast at the True North PHP 2014 hackathon event. It was loud and fun! We’re joined by special guest Ben Ramsey and others to talk about organizing conferences and generally being awesome. Enjoy!

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 of the recording. if you enjoy the episode, be sure to subscribe to the feed to get the latest episodes as they're released.

The Three Devs & a Maybe poscast has posted their latest episode, #25, featuring an interview with Jacques Woodcock and Ben Ramsey about the VirtPHP project (among other things).

This week we are very lucky to have Jacques Woodcock and Ben Ramsey from the virtPHP project on the podcast. Similar in nature to Python's 'virtualenv', virtPHP is a tool for creating and managing multiple isolated PHP environments on a single machine. Currently command-line support on *nix based-systems is complete, however, during the show we touch on the challenges in-regard to SAPI support. We then move on to discuss the interesting paths each took to get into development, followed up finally with the weekly quiz.

Other topics discussed include the discussions around the "demise of TDD", php[tek]/php[architect], the PHPNG patch, PHP The Right Way and many others. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly.

If you're in the Nashville, TN area and have been wondering about the state of the local PHP user group, wonder no more! Ben Ramsey, having recently moved to the area, has started a move to reboot NashvillePHP.

Now, I’m in Nashville. A few months ago, I moved here to pursue a job with a local web start-up. I never had any intention of running the local PHP user group, but Will Fitch, the former Nashville PHP organizer, contacted me to see if I would be interested in taking over the reins. He had moved out of the area and was no longer able to devote the time necessary to keep the group growing. I humbly accepted the torch, and that’s why I’m now the Nashville PHP organizer.

He issues a challenge to the Nashville PHPers to help him in his efforts to build up a good, solid group that developers can enjoy being a part of and help contribute to in their own ways. The group will be holding meetings once a month with June 8th being the first on this new schedule. A new googel group has been formed and the NashvillePHP twitter account will be more heavily used as well as a #nashvillephp channel on the Freenode IRC network.

On the Ibuildings techPortal website today they've released the latest episode in their series of talks given at this year's Dutch PHP Conference. This episode is a talk from Ben Ramsey about REST architecture.

Forget what you thought you knew about REST. In this talk, Ben Ramsey reintroduces REST, placing it under a microscope, uncovering each constraint that forms REST's crucial principles. Ramsey explains how REST is a style for network-based software applications, emphasizing scalability and efficiency through separation of concerns and taking advantage of the Web as a platform for rich Internet applications.

You can listen via the in-page player (complete with the slides) or you can download the mp3 directly to listen to whenever you'd like.

On his blog, Ben Ramsey comments on the Microsoft Web Development Summit currently happening in Redmond, WA.

Microsoft has invited us to their main campus in an effort to reach out to the PHP community to solicit opinions and feedback on various technologies, including IIS, Silverlight, their Ajax library, Expression Web, etc.

For anyone interested, he's been posting his own notes from the summit on his Wiki.

On his blog, Ben Ramsey comments on the Microsoft Web Development Summit currently happening in Redmond, WA.

Microsoft has invited us to their main campus in an effort to reach out to the PHP community to solicit opinions and feedback on various technologies, including IIS, Silverlight, their Ajax library, Expression Web, etc.

For anyone interested, he's been posting his own notes from the summit on his Wiki.