Mike Potter has an update on some of the upcoming "Hands on Flex & PHP" sessions happening all over the globe:

There are a number of hands on sessions that are coming up in the next few weeks that deal with Flex and PHP together. Head to any of the following conferences to get more information, and hands on training, about building Flex applications powered by PHP.

Conferences he will be attending and speaking at in the near future include php|works in Atlanta, Adobe MAX North America, Adobe MAX Europe, a Flex User Group and a PHP event happening in Paris.

According to this new release from the Evans Data Corporation, certain technologies are being more well used in other areas besides in North America - including PHP.

There is a greater disparity with PHP use in Emerging Markets. The largest number of developers using the language can be found in Eastern Europe (39%). India and Brazil have similar usage at a little over 31%. In contrast, only 21% of Chinese developers are utilizing PHP. In North America, 35% of developers are using PHP.

They also talk about the usage rates of a few other technologies, including Flash, Ajax, Windows, and Linux.

Cal Evans also mentions these trends in this post on the Zend Developer Zone as well as linking to the full EDC report.

Chris Shiflett has a reminder for anyone planning to attend that the Early Bird registration for the ApacheCon Europe is coming up quickly.

This year's event will include several speakers on PHP-related topics, including Theo Schlossnagle on "Advanced Production Troubleshooting Techniques" and Chris Shiflett covering his usual - "Essential PHP Security".

The conference is June 26th through 30th in Dublin, Ireland and prices start (including the Early Bird while it lasts) start at around 570 Euro for full conference access. Check out complete prices here.

The program for this year's ApacheCon Europe has been published (as linked from on DynamicWebPages.de).

The conference will be from June 26th through the 30th in Dublin, Ireland. Registering before May 29th will get you an early bird discount of about 50-60 Euro. After that, prices start at 680 Euro and go up. You can get complete details on the conference and signup online at their site.