The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has release their latest episode interviewing a member of the PHP community. In this latest interview host Cal Evans talks with Sebastian Bergmann of PHPUnit fame.

Cal and Sebastian talk about why he originally wrote the PHPUnit software and where it grew out of. They also talk about the work he does with thePHP.cc (the PHP Consulting Company), how it was founded and the services they offer. They also talk about one of Sebastian's hobbies: Amiga Retrocomputing

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. There's also a special way to check out the episode via a live video recording done via Periscope during the php[world] 2015 event.

On the Ibuildings techPortal today they've published the latest in their DPC Radio podcast series, sessions as recorded at the 2011 edition of the Dutch PHP Conference. In this latest episode Sebastian Bergmann talks about "Clean PHP".

Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this session you will learn how you can offset your technical debt with clean code that is readable and testable as well as reusable.

You can listen to this latest session either using the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly. The slides (for a similar version of the presentation) can be found on Slideshare.

On the Ibuildings techPortal today they've posted the latest episode of their recording series from last year's Dutch PHP Conference (DPCRadio) - Sebastian Bergmann's talk The Cake is a Lie.

Scaffolding, the meta-programming method of building software applications, promises easier development and a faster time-to-market. But the "code generation bliss" can lead to problems later on, for instance with regard to maintainability and scalability. This sessions takes a skeptical look at frameworks such as CakePHP and symfony.

You can listen in one of three handy ways - either by listening in-page, downloading the (rather large) mp3 or by subscribing to their feed to get this and other great techPortal content.

On the Zend Developer Zone Kevin Schroeder has published the latest episode of the ZendCon Sessions series of podcasts (as recorded at the 2010 Zend/PHP Conference). The episode is Sebastian Bergmann's talk on continuous inspection and integration in PHP projects.

The ZendCon Sessions are live recordings of sessions that have been given at previous Zend Conferences. Combined with the slides, they can be the next best thing to having attended the conference itself. [...] This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2010 in Santa Clara, CA and features Sebastian Bergmann giving his talk: "Continuous Inspection and Integration of PHP Projects"

You can either listen via the in-page player or by downloading the mp3. His slides have also been posted to Slideshare so you can follow along.

On his blog Sebastian Bergmann has announced "The PHP QA Book" that will be written by himself and Stefan Priebsch looking at quality assurance in PHP projects.

The idea for the book is that Stefan Priebsch and I write the introductory as well as the concluding chapters while other authors contribute case studies for the middle part of the book. [...] Our motivation to write this book is simple: there is no such book on the market and from our experience a book such as this is needed.

The book will be printed in both English and German and will be release in the later part of this year (2009).

According to this new post on his blog Stefan Priebsch, Sebastian Bergmann and Arne Blankerts have joined forces to create thePHP.cc, a PHP consulting group.

In times of tight budgets, quality is a key success factor to reduce risks in IT projects. [...] We help businesses and enterprises to reduce IT costs in the long term with Open Source technologies and PHP in particular. We support our clients in improving their employee’s qualification to overcome skills shortages.

You can get more information about the group (including conferences they'll be at and contact information) from their site - thePHP.cc.