The PHP Renaissance
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The document discusses the evolution and current state of PHP, highlighting its journey from a basic scripting language to a robust open-source platform with a diverse community. It addresses the historical issues with PHP, the introduction of tools like Composer and GitHub, and various frameworks that have emerged. The importance of community collaboration and the thriving tech job market in Los Angeles are also emphasized.
The PHP Renaissance
- 1. PHP RENAISSANCEPHP RENAISSANCE REBIRTH OF A DIVERSE COMMUNITYREBIRTH OF A DIVERSE COMMUNITY Matt Chapman Sr. Open Source Platforms Engineer CARD.com Los Angeles, CA 1 of 43
- 3. OUTLINEOUTLINE A Personal Story A Technical History A Technical Tour A Look at our Community 3 of 43
- 4. 20022002<html> <head> PHP just goes in the HTML file next to the javascript. Why not? <?php $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass'); mysql_select_db('testdb', $link); // Don't worry, register_globals is on by default until April. mysql_query("SELECT * from members WHERE id = " . $id;"); ?> Still waiting on the content from marketing... <p>Under construction!</p> </html> 4 of 43
- 5. 20062006<?php function get_data() { require_once db_config.inc; $db = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb;charset=utf8', $config->username, $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false); ... 5 of 43
- 7. REAL ESTATEREAL ESTATE 7 of 43
- 8. HOME VALUES VS. DEVELOPER INCOMEHOME VALUES VS. DEVELOPER INCOME 8 of 43
- 9. DEVELOPER INCOME VS. AVERAGEDEVELOPER INCOME VS. AVERAGE 9 of 43
- 11. CHANGED LIVESCHANGED LIVES 11 of 43
- 13. PHP CIRCA 2007PHP CIRCA 2007 WHAT'S GOOD?WHAT'S GOOD? Fast development cycle. Great HTML integration. Free, Freer, and Freedom. 13 of 43
- 14. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT PHP ISWHAT'S GOOD ABOUT PHP IS ANYONE CAN DO IT!ANYONE CAN DO IT! ~~ WHAT'S BAD ABOUT PHP ISWHAT'S BAD ABOUT PHP IS ANYONEANYONE CAN DO IT....CAN DO IT.... 14 of 43
- 15. TERRIBLE CODETERRIBLE CODE<?php namespace Money; class Bitcoin { const BITCOIN_NODE = '50.00.00.00'; static private $pending = array(); public static function update() { // update all nodes $list = DB::DAO('Money_Bitcoin_Host')->search(null); foreach($list as $bean) { $bean->Last_Update = DB::i()->now(); $client = Controller::Driver('Bitcoin', $bean->Money_Bitcoin_Host__); if (!$client->isValid()) continue; $info = $client->getInfo(); 15 of 43
- 16. PEARPEAR PHP Extension and Application Repository Founded 2000 on the "new" PHP 4 Required root to use properly (WTF?) Complex process for adding packages Easy to get wrong 16 of 43
- 17. SO HOW DOES THIS WORK?SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? Where do I find code? PEAR and, um, forums? How do I get code? Paste into your project (or have root) How do I load your code? Manual includes How do I load everyone's code? Lots of manual includes How can I collaborate on code? Sourceforge? Can I exchange code? LOLz 17 of 43
- 18. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'TTHIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGSHAVE NICE THINGS -Larry Garfield, PHP-FIG, Drupal. It was hard to share, so everyone built their own. So we didn't get the open-source leverage effect. And 90% of everything is crap anyway. 18 of 43
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- 21. "The average PHP programmer has written 2.5 frameworks in his career, and afterward, still doesn't know if needle or haystack comes first." — Urban legend statistics 21 of 43
- 22. GO PHP5.GO PHP5. 22 of 43
- 23. SO WHAT'S CHANGED?SO WHAT'S CHANGED? PHP IN 2014PHP IN 2014 23 of 43
- 25. COMPOSERCOMPOSER PHP packaging system backed by Packagist.org and Github.com 25 of 43
- 26. HIPHOPHIPHOP Facebook's Open Sourtime Runtime alternative also runs HACK, a backward compatible lanaguge that add optional typing, etc. 26 of 43
- 29. WHAT ELSE IS HOT?WHAT ELSE IS HOT? 29 of 43
- 30. SYMFONY 2SYMFONY 2 Application Framework PHP on Rails 30 of 43
- 31. SILEX, LARAVEL, KOHANASILEX, LARAVEL, KOHANA Lighter Higher or lower level 31 of 43
- 32. PHALCONPHALCON Framework in C. 32 of 43
- 33. AURAAURA No, really, really decoupled. 33 of 43
- 34. REACTPHPREACTPHP Event Driven Programming Inspired by NodeJS & Twisted (Not to be confused with ReactJS from FB 34 of 43
- 35. DRUPAL 8 & BACKDROPDRUPAL 8 & BACKDROP Drupal started in 2001 Content Management System 2013 Fork by active community members It's not about OOP 35 of 43
- 36. COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY What do we want? 36 of 43
- 37. ENTERPRISE?ENTERPRISE? Red Hat vs Linspire 37 of 43
- 41. LOS ANGELES IS THE FASTEST GROWINGLOS ANGELES IS THE FASTEST GROWING MARKET FOR TECH JOBS IN THE COUNTRY.MARKET FOR TECH JOBS IN THE COUNTRY. -Some guy I know. 41 of 43