Engine Yard has recently posted two podcasts looking at the "Future of PHP" as it relates to two of the popular PHP frameworks out there - CakePHP and Zend Framework 2, as interviewed by Davey Shafik.

The first episode is an interview with some of the core ZF2 contributors about the framework and where they think it's headed. They cover the planned roadmap, targets for next year involving PHP 5.4 and 5.5 as well as how it compares to other frameworks out there today.

In the second episode Davey talks with some of the core contributors (and big fans) of the CakePHP framework. They talk about the current state of the framework, changes in the upcoming version and what it's like working with the PHP-FIG (framework interoperability group).

You can listen to each of these via their in-page players or drop their RSS feed into your reader and get these and the latest episodes of the "Cloud Out Loud" podcast as soon as they're released.

On the EngineYard site today there's a new podcast released with Elizabeth Naramore interviewing Derick Rethans (of 10gen) about MongoDb and the OpenStreetMap project.

Derick gives a little background about himself (including being a PHP evangelist for 10gen) and how he ended up working with MongoDB. They talk about how MongoDb is different and some of the involvement he has in contributing to open source projects and the OpenStreetMap project.

You can listen to this latest episode either via the in-page player or by downloading the file directly.

In the latest episode of the "Cloud Out Loud" podcast, Elizabeth Naramore interviews Ed Finkler, most recently known for his MicroPHP Manifesto.

Our own Elizabeth Naramore interviews Ed Finkler, author of the MicroPHP Manifesto.

• The MicroPHP Manifesto
• What was the inspiration for it?
• Let's talk about the controversy around it - where do you think that came from?
• What do you think the impact of the Manifesto has made on the community? Do you think it's given cause to people to rethink their own assumptions?

To listen you can either download the episode (mp3 or ogg) or subscribe to their feed via RSS or iTunes.