Spring is in the air and PHP is ready to blossom, so join the PHPBelgium meeting on Wednesday April 22 at our bi-monthly PHPBelgium meeting.
We've got two valued speakers lined up and lots of goodies to give away.
schedule:
20:00h CLI, the other SAPI - Thijs Feryn
An in depth talk about using PHP on the command line and all the benefits that go along with it. In this presentation, Thijs will tackle common problems that occur when using classic PHP via the browser and he'll show you how the PHP binary allows you to create powerfull shell applications.
Thijs Feryn is the support manager at COMBELL where he constantly gets into contact with real-world hosted examples of good and bad LAMP development. Being a PHP 5 ZCE he's also a talented developer and you'll be hearing plenty more of him in the community.
21:00h Everything you always wanted to know about UTF-8 (but never dared to ask) - Juliette Reinders Folmer
Juliette is a veteran PHP developer and a well respected representative for PHPWomen in the Benelux. She has already introduced herself about a year ago at one of the first PHPBelgium meetings, but is now giving a presentation where you'll learn the ins and outs of UTF-8
22:00h Drinks, socializing and goodies time
To list a few of the goodies:
- one copy of "Zend Framework in Action" signed by Rob Allen donated by himself
- one free license for Zend Studio for Eclipse donated by Zend Technologies, Inc.
- one free ticket for Dutch PHP Conference 2009 donated by Ibuildings, the PHP Professionals
- the one and only elePHPant!
Catering and venue for this meeting are provided by Combell Internet Solutions
More information can be found at http://phpbelgium.be/events/23032009/phpbelgium-meeting-april and you can sign up for this meeting at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2167970