- At a recent meet-up, we were asked "I am new to PHP. What websites do you recommend?". So, I thought I would jot down a few links here.
- last update: May 17, 2025
Simon Hamp publiished a brilliant episode about the economics of NativePHP (Desktop and Mobile). Which is also an outstanding first-person real-time perspective on the economics of Open Source Software. There is a very obvious passion and dedication to OSS, and to PHP. I urge you to listen to this episode!
FOSS:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYqxo13I1U Good talk goes over FOSS history, etc
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_L1ltSVItw7qCkyIH3wzaTbTVmFzPRg half-a-dozen videos on OSS history
Sites:
- https://www.php.net
- https://www.phpweekly.com
- https://php.watch
- https://www.phparch.com
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/tag/php-annotated-monthly/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/
YouTube:
- https://www.youtube.com/@Phparch
- https://www.youtube.com/@phpannotated
- https://www.youtube.com/@ProgramWithGio
- PHP For Beginners 2023 -- 50 YouTube videos by Laracasts
- https://www.youtube.com/@CodewithBurt
- https://github.com/php-youtubers/directory
- my YouTube playlist for our Groups!
- https://www.youtube.com/@nunomaduro
Podcasts:
- https://phpugly.com --> last episode October 31, 2024, continued as php[podcast]
- php[podcast], the official podcast of php[architect]
- https://phproundtable.com
- https://voicesoftheelephpant.com --> discontinued, but good interviews!
- https://phpinternals.news --> discontinued, but good topics!
- The Bob Bloom Show -- PHP serverless commentary
- my "PHP Serverless News"-- Profiles of PHP serverless vendors and projects
Laravel:
- https://stateoflaravel.com/results
- https://muhammedsari.me/unorthodox-eloquent
- Laravel Magazine
- Laravel News
- Laravel News podcast
- https://www.northmeetssouth.audio --> not strictly PHP/Laravel
- https://ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/laravel-prevent-destructive-commands
- see the Laravel Cloud links at https://github.com/local-toronto-php-groups/2025mar27_meetup_laravel_toronto
WordPress:
(FYI: I know more about WordPress than I let on...)
Conferences:
Hodge-Podge:
- NativePHP for iOS links at our April 24, 2025 meet-up page
- Call for public comments on PECL migration (Dec 2023)
- Vue.js: The Documentary (YouTube video)
- Laravel Security: "Androxgh0st" Malware Targeting Laravel apps?
- ROMAN PRONSKIY :: THE PHP FOUNDATION
- Nuno Maduro talks to Roman Pronskiy about the history of the PHP Foundation, among other things
- Scott discusses MergePHP with Logan Lindquist and the state of the in person PHP User Group (YT vid, php(architect) channel
- my personal view is that "meet-up" is a literal term!
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