• April 2025
• the url of this org is https://github.com/local-toronto-php-groups
• Whatsapp link for all our PHP Groups: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GwxyKjEr0LzDwKfCevK8GM
• Discord: https://discord.gg/6dESV5zFHy

My name is Bob Bloom. I am the lead organizer of:

• Greater Toronto Area (GTA) PHP Group (https://www.meetup.com/gta-php-user-group-toronto/)
• York Region PHP Group (https://www.meetup.com/york-region-php-user-group/)
• Laravel Toronto (https://www.meetup.com/laravel-toronto/)

In lieu of doing websites for each of our three groups, I am doing this GitHub organization as a website proxy.

I am a bit amazed that after searching for a quick way to do websites, I could not find a solution.

Hugo, and other static site generators, were promising, but judging by my reticence gettting into the weeds of it, I demurred.

I have been creating repos to do notes for specific meet-ups. It is handy to be able to edit something regardless of where I am or what device I am using. And, of course, our attendees are very used to GitHub. And, why not do PR's for contributions?

I have a YouTube playlist for our Groups, mainly uploading updates from time to time (latest one on March 10, 2025. My video summary of our January 25, 2024 meet-up at Microsoft is at https://github.com/local-toronto-php-groups/2024january25_meetup_gta-php.

My email is "bob.bloom@lasallesoftware.ca".

Appreciation to our tremendous corporate hosts:

• 7shifts.com (How 7shifts founder Jordan Boesch’s restaurant scheduling software is crushing it from his base in Saskatoon - Toronto Star)
• Maple Online Health
• Vetster.com
• YTZ International

Thank you to 7Shifts for sponsoring our Groups' meetup.com subscription.

The Abridged Story of TrueNorth PHP