As Ivo Jansch pointed out yesterday it's a month until the fateful day that PHP4 will officially die:

It's July the 8th. Today I realized that we're exactly one month away from 8-8-8, the final blow to PHP4.

August 8th marks the point when nothing (at all) will be done to any version of PHP4 again. Full support ended back in December of 2007 with no new versions being released. 8-8-08 marks the end of that as well and PHP4 developers that discover bugs may not be able to get them fixed.

Ivo sums it it perfectly:

I'm not trying to scare you. No wait, I am. Don't let 8-8-8 become the PHP community's 6-6-6 and abandon PHP4 while you still can.

As a final reminder, the php|tek 2008 Call for Papers closes tonight, October 31st:

Our main goal is to provide our attendees - mostly a highly technical crowd who is looking for specific, to-the-point information on relevant developer topics - with content that is as relevant as possible to their daily lives.

Topics they're looking specifically for this year are things like talks on rich internet applications, the migration from PHP4 to PHP5 (very valuable as the End of Life of PHP4 has been announced) and looks ahead at PHP6 - what features it'll have and how developers can best be prepared for it.

Check out the official Call for Papers page on the conference web site to get full details on the whats and wheres of submitting your talk.

Tobias Schlitt has posted a new note today about the extension the FrOSCon committee has put on the Call for Papers for this year's conference:

Here comes the reminder and the announcement, that our call for papers is extended until June 29th. So if you did not send your proposal, yet, please submit it ASAP, so that we can start evaluating the proposals. All information about PHP@FrOSCon can be found on our official PHP room website.

The conference will still be happening on August 25th and 26th in Sankt Augustin and only costs five Euro to attend (unless you're a speaker, then it's free). Be sure to check out the conference website for the requirements that you'll need to stick to for your talk submission.

Andi Gutmans has a reminder for all of those wanting to get their presentations in for this year's Zend/PHP Conference and Expo - the Call for Papers ends tomorrow, May 31st 2007.

In October, 2007 we are hosting our 3rd annual Zend/PHP Conference near San Francisco. It is a great opportunity to meet other people from the PHP community, meet with various users of ours who are building business-critical applications, get to meet some of the commercial eco-system builders and of course hear what Zend is up to.

This year's conference is being held at the Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco Airport October 8th through the 11th. The general overview of each day of the conference has been posted already and you can register now to reserve your place!

In a new blog post, Ligaya Turmelle reminds us about the Call for Papers that's still open for this year's OSCON - but not for much longer.

Anyway, here is the link for submitting a proposal and the currently listed tracks include Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications (client-side and server-side), Windows, Administration, Security, and Emerging Topics.

The deadline for entry is this coming Monday, February 5th (2007) and all entrants much submit the form for their entries to be considered.

Davey Shafik has posted a quick reminder about the contest being held surrounding the PHP 5 Certification Guide that php|architect is offering.

For those of you who want to participate in the ZCEGuide.com Zend Framework Proposal competition, the deadline of October 31st is fast approaching.

The competition is all about submitting proposals (new ideas) for compontents/functionality for the Zend Framework. Prizes for the contest include a copy of Zend Studio Professional, a year subscription to php|architect magazine, and a voucher good for taking the PHP 5 Certification any time you'd like.