A big topic in the world of PHP recently has been interoperability between libraries. With the release of PHP 5.3 and the introduction of namespaces some discussion of new standards around the use of namespaces to promote the interoperability of autoloader implementations has started.

The goal of this blog post is to reach out to the all the PHP open source projects and applications in hopes to get them to join our initiative and give a vote for approval. If we can get the entire community behind this initiative it will make it much easier to get acceptance by the PHP core team and get this standard advocated in the manual on php.net.

If your project is interested in joining the initiative please join the google group http://groups.google.com/group/php-standards and help us change PHP for the better!

After taking part in this year's PHP Brasil conference, Chris Jones has issued a challenge to the PHP group members and developers there - do everything you can to be a part of the global PHP community.

At PHP Brasil '08, one of the themes I saw was community involvement. [...] In post-conference conversation, Luke Crouch (SourceForge) and I touched on what is gained from attending conferences, and how quickly technology is picked up in Brazil. So, one thing I specifically did during the conference was to encourage the organizers and presenters to make the English speaking world more aware of their activities.

He points out a talk that's already been translated to English and some of the people he met that are part of global PHP-using companies.