If you were planning on attending the php|works conference in the fall and getting to hear Sara Golemon talk on extensions, you might just have to wait. According to her latest post, things haven't gone well with her passport situation.

So awhile ago I announced that I'd be speaking at php|works including a 3-hour workshop on extension writing. Knowing that the conference was outside of the US I made sure to apply for my passport well in advance (four months to be precise).

Well, long story short, the lovely folks at the state department must have confused 'Sara' with 'Syria' because I've been fighting them over the issuance of my passport ever since.

All is not lost, though - since the show must go on, Sara has found two people to take over her two talks (the extension talk and one on PDO_User).

If you were planning on attending the php|works conference in the fall and getting to hear Sara Golemon talk on extensions, you might just have to wait. According to her latest post, things haven't gone well with her passport situation.

So awhile ago I announced that I'd be speaking at php|works including a 3-hour workshop on extension writing. Knowing that the conference was outside of the US I made sure to apply for my passport well in advance (four months to be precise).

Well, long story short, the lovely folks at the state department must have confused 'Sara' with 'Syria' because I've been fighting them over the issuance of my passport ever since.

All is not lost, though - since the show must go on, Sara has found two people to take over her two talks (the extension talk and one on PDO_User).

In her latest blog post, Sara Golemon talks about some of the developments that were discussed concerning the PDO libraries, specifically the userspace driver she had been considering.

The file specifically of interest in the package is the README.OBJECTS - a description of how to get things up and working in your development environment. Of course, it's still in the development stages and a bit rough around the edges, so if you have any feedback on the package, be sure to report the bugs that come up.

For more on this topic, check out Wez Furlong's blog entry and what the PDO user-space drivers could be used for.

In her latest blog post, Sara Golemon talks about some of the developments that were discussed concerning the PDO libraries, specifically the userspace driver she had been considering.

The file specifically of interest in the package is the README.OBJECTS - a description of how to get things up and working in your development environment. Of course, it's still in the development stages and a bit rough around the edges, so if you have any feedback on the package, be sure to report the bugs that come up.

For more on this topic, check out Wez Furlong's blog entry and what the PDO user-space drivers could be used for.