In this blog entry Sebastian Bergmann notes a sudden surge of interest from the academi ccommunity about PHP.

At least with regard to using static code analysis to automatically detect security vulnerabilities in PHP applications.

I started to collect links to scientific papers on this subject here.

So far, he's already gathered a few - two from Pxy, one from Stanford, and another from the Secure Systems Lab (at the Technical University of Vienna).

The International PHP Conference has issued their Call for Papers today with a deadline of April 30th, 2006.

Software & Support Media is proud to announce that the 6th annual International PHP Conference 2006 will be held again in Frankfurt November 5-8, 2006.

The two main conference days offer a wide range of beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. International PHP Conference attendees will have more than 50 sessions to choose from, to gain real-world insight and to learn first-hand the latest developments for PHP. Come share your knowledge, hit upon new ideas, find solutions and connect with your peers at this educational, fun-filled gathering of users, developers, and vendors.

The conference will last from November 5th through the 8th at the NH Hotel there in Frankfurt, and will include tons of talks and times to socialize with other PHP developers. Some of the topics being covered this year include "PHP & Business", "PHP Design", "PHP & XML", and "PHP Enterprise/Integration". To submit your proposal, head to their submission form and enter your idea today! Hurry - the deadline is less than twenty days!

Zend has officially announced their Call for Papers for their Zend/PHP Conference and Expo for 2006. The conference, happening October 29th through November 2nd, will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.

Zend Technologies invites you to participate in what will be the premier forum for PHP in 2006. Present your technical concepts, cutting edge applications, or business applications. Your participation will make this conference a success. Share your ideas with fellow colleagues in the PHP community.

The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 15th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006.

The theme for this year is "Creating Modern Web Applications with PHP" with three tracks for you to work up a proposal for - "PHP and Web Services", "PHP Development", and "PHP Management".

For complete details on the hows, whens, and whats, check out the Zend site for proposal specs, compensation, and the right way to submit.

Adam Trachtenberg has this new post on his blog today that mentions his submission of papers to two different conferences (OSCON and NYPHPCon) and his perspectives on each.

OSCON is my favorite conference of the year. There's nothing else that provides such a wide range of interesting speakers and topics. I love learning about PHP, but I find it even more fascinating to see what the Perl and Python and Ruby guys are hacking on, or pick up JavaScript and AJAX tips, or heckle the Java programmers.

It's the first year for NYPHPCon, but Hans and the whole NYPHP crew are great guys, so I know they'll put on a teriffic show. When I still lived in NYC, I attended NYPHP user group meetings on a semi-regular basis, and they were even kind enough to let me present once or twice.

He also mentions the talks that he'll be presenting - more about web services in PHP, a "secrects of ext/soap", and a look at the "magical methods" in PHP5...

The New York PHP Community has announced (in conjunction with IBM and Oracle) the New York PHP Conference and Expo 2006 - June 14th-16th in Manhattan.

The New York PHP Conference & Expo is taking place in midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the historic New Yorker Hotel. There will be three full days of sessions, tutorials, exhibits, and networking events.

NYPHPCon 2006 focuses on the The PHP Business Community, with two featured parallel tracks: Business Strategy and Technical Solutions. World renowned industry keynote speakers will kick off the conference, highlighting PHP's role in the business of open source applications. Widely recognized session speakers will provide a rich knowledge base, making NYPHPCon 2006 essential for enterprise open source solutions.

They are also announcing their Call for Papers both on the business side and the technical side. There are already some sessions lined up, and you can register at any time.

For complete details, check out the main site...

There's This reminder today for all of those out there that would like to submit a paper for the upcoming php|tek conference - you only have 10 days left!

The Call for Papers period for php|tek, our spring conference, is rapidly coming to an end, but you still have time to submit your talk proposals.

We're looking for innovative ideas in areas of both theory of PHP development and hands-on sessions that focus on the hands-on aspects of PHP programming.

php|tek will take place between April 26 and 28, 2006, with a special pre-conference day of exclusive seminars on April 25th. As in previous years, attendees will be able to take advantage of several special deals, including a free subscription to php|architect and a chance to take the Zend PHP Certification exam free of charge (the fee for the exam will be sponsored by php|architect and Zend Technologies).

Even if you're not going to submit a paper for the conference, you can still make plans to attend! We'll let you know as soon as you can sign up!

I recieved a note today from the organizers behind the WebTech Conference today announcing the opening of their Call for Papers.

WebTech 2006 is in need of your talk. Usually talks are 20,40 or 60 minutes long. All topics which concerning web technologies in any way could possibly be of interest for a talk at the Conference.

The languages of the conference are Bulgarian and English. Please send us an abstract on your suggested talk. You can propose more than one topic if you like to.

The bastract needs to be about 1000-1500 characters long, and should provide a good overview of what you want to talk about. You can send them in either plain-text or PDF format to papers @ wtconferences.com. You can also visit their site for complete details...

The crew behind the International PHP Conference has released the Call for Papers for their 2006 (Spring Edition) conference in Amsterdam.

Software & Support Verlag (publishers of the International PHP Magazine) is pleased to announce the International PHP Conference 2006 (Spring Edition) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Call For Papers (CFP) is currently open, and you are encouraged to submit your proposals for various sessions at the conference. We are seeking proposals on indepth, cutting-edge topics that subscribe to the various tracks that we have lined up for the conference.

Some of the tracks for this year include: "General PHP", "PHP & Business/Integration", "PHP Extensions", and "PHP Security". The conference itself will happen April 4th and 5th with a pre-conference day on the 3rd of tutorials. To submit your information/proposal, head on over to their submission page and get your idea in today!

For complete details/specs on what the papers need to be like, check out the list here...