ServerGrove has made an announcement on their blog today about an initiative they're starting to help in their own way to improve the PHP training ecosystem across the community - their "PHP Education Initiative".

PHP Training is an integral part of our PHP community and there are a lot of folks providing great training services making the PHP community safer and stronger. ServerGrove has long supported PHP education by sponsoring PHP User Groups and PHP Conferences, but we realised we have overlooked professional trainers. That is why we are pleased to announce our PHP Education Initiative.

Their part in the project is to provide resources (individual VPSes) for each of the individuals involved to give them a solid platform to work from. It's available to students, educator or user group leader involved in a PHP-centric training session. For more information on getting access to this resource, check out the post for contact information and what will be included.

On the ServerGrove blog today there's a new post talking briefly about one of the latest entries into the PHP conference scene - the PHP Community Confernece - and their involvement.

When we first heard about this conference and what it was going to be we knew we wanted to be involved. It's about community, workflow, problem solving and PHP, right up our alley! There is no way we are going to miss this one; this is exactly what was missing in the PHP conference circuit. [...] Let's face it, the stories are the best part of any conference, and here we will have a conference that promises only stories. Just icing, no cake :) We'll take it.

The conference, happening April 21st and 22nd in Nashville, will be about telling the stories of your software development, not just about the tech. For more information check out the conference website at phpcon.org.