Podcasts by PHP Town Hall

Here lies dynamic properties. They were good properties Brent. from 2021-12-14T17:39:22

Matt and Ben are joined by Colin O'Dell, staff engineer at Wayfair and supporter of the twitter dividing Dynamic Properties RFC to discuss what this RFC really means for PHP going forward and if...

Episode 83: A catch up and a car crash from 2021-10-27T22:09:30

Ben and Matt catch up since its been a minute since it's just the two of them have talked. They talk all kinds of things about life, conferences, getting hit by a car and how to best impersonate...

Episode 82: Another UUID bites the dust. from 2021-08-01T00:00

Ben and Matt are joined by Ben Ramsey to talk about what it like being in charge of PHP 8.1, his new gig at Skillshare and we ponder the question: do all good uuids go to heaven?

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Episode 81: The Book of Psalm from 2021-06-09T00:00

Matt and Ben are joined by PsalmPHP author and maintainer Matthew Brown to talk about static analysis, open source maintanence, how he and Ondrej Mirtes made a nice contribution to the PHP Coore...

Episode 80: Belles Of The Ball from 2021-03-21T00:00

Matt and Ben are joined by the founder of Larabelles community Zuzana Kunckova to talk about why communities are so crucial to developer growth, what it takes to start a comnmunity and why Zuzan...

Episode 79: Fell In Love With A Tree: The Phil Sturgeon Story from 2021-03-09T00:00

Ben and Matt sit down to talk to Phil Sturgeon… yes that Phil Sturgeon for their once every 2 year check in with the former host of this very podcast. They talk about what it’s like to bikepack ...

Episode 78: Into The Woodchipper from 2020-11-11T00:00

Matt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the ...

Episode 77: Lets be Frank from 2020-09-02T00:00

Matt and Ben are joined by the League of Extraordinary Packages chief benevolent dictator for life Frank De Jonge (@frankdejonge. Its pronounced “de-yong”, not like how Matt pronounced it. He is...

Episode 76: Mad Max DevRel from 2020-07-22T00:00

The Twilio crew, bored because they can’t go to conferences to show people the cool shit you can build with their APIs, take over the podcast to talk about life as a grounded devrel. Matt is joi...

Episode 75: Battle of the Frameworks from 2020-06-30T00:00

Matt and Ben are joined by Marcus Battle to talk abo...

Episode 74: Composer Self Update from 2020-04-29T00:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jordi Bggiano and <...

Episode 73: The League of Extraordinary FIG from 2020-03-03T00:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Woody Gilk. We t...

Episode 72: 200 OK Boomer from 2020-02-02T00:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds sit down for a general catch up episode discussing what’s new with them in ...

Episode 71: Forging Happy Developers from 2020-01-14T00:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by James Brooks to d...

Episode 70: Dries-int up your controllers from 2019-11-21T00:00

Matt Trask is joined by Dries Vints to talk about being employed by Laravel, organizing a conference, ...

Episode 68: Behind the Facade from 2019-09-05T00:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Taylor Otwell ...

Episode 67: Zend Framework 3.Laminas from 2019-07-08T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Adam Culp to discu...

Episode 66: Getting Jitty Wit It from 2019-05-15T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Joe Watkins to disc...

Episode 65: Live from Longhorn PHP 2019 from 2019-05-03T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by a panel of speakers from Longhorn PHP to discuss the conferen...

Episode 64: Symfony Round Up from 2019-04-08T23:00

Matt Trask and Amanda Folson are joined by Ryan Weaver<...

Episode 63: Dollar Bills Yall - Part 2 from 2019-04-08T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jason McCreary to ...

Episode 62: All the Hosts from 2019-02-18T23:00

Matt Trask, Ben Edmunds, and Amanda Folson are joine...

Episode 61: Dollar Bills Yall - Part 1 from 2019-01-16T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jason McCreary and...

Episode 60: Education, Bootcamps, and the Cool Factor from 2018-12-09T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Peggy Fisher a...

Episode 59: Startup Lyfe - Part 2 from 2018-10-23T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales, <...

Episode 58: Startup Lyfe - Part 1 from 2018-10-08T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales, <...

Episode 57: APIs, Conferences, API Conferences, and Horrible Flights from 2018-08-05T23:00

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Tessa Mero to dis...

Episode 56: GraphQL is better than REST from 2018-01-11T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Phil Sturgeo...

Episode 55: The Hardest Problem in Software from 2017-11-14T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales an...

Episode 54: Conferences and Stuff from 2017-08-21T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Daniel Cousine...

Episode 53: Developer Relations, Travel, and Bedbugs with Jessica Rose from 2017-04-12T23:00

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jessica Rose...

Episode 52: What Do We Do Now? from 2017-01-19T23:00

Amanda Folson officially takes the co-host reins! We ease you in to the transition by Ben grilling… ahem… interviewing Amanda a bit so you can ...

Episode 51: Good Riddance from 2017-01-07T23:00

In this episode Ben and Phil discuss what’s new in their pathetic little lives, the state of the PHP-FIG, and bid an ecstatic.. ahem.. sad farewell to Phil as he departs the podcast. Starting w...

Episode 50: Low down on PSR-15 from 2016-06-27T23:00

An all star cast this episode, as Ben and Phil are joined by regular guest Anthony Ferrara - thinker of good ideas and long-time part-time side-line c...

Episode 49: Async and Stuff from 2016-03-16T23:00

The notes for this episode were lost when Phil spilt some really hipster orange juice over his laptop and bricked the whole thing. We do remember that returning guest Listen

Episode 48: Code of Conduct from 2016-02-15T18:14:50

User-group and meet-up organizer Jenny Wong swings by for a chat about the PHP RFC for a Code ...

Episode 47: SunshinePHP Town Stack Hall Radio from 2016-02-07T00:30

Another SunshinePHP, and another rotating panel of excellent guests talking about stuff like podcasting, making a bit of money on the side from projects like books and whatnot, and we get some f...

Episode 46: Christmas Theraphpy from 2015-12-28T00:00

Ben and Phil have a little catch-up to try and get things back on track after a little 2015 lag. Basically this episode is just Sober Phil having a massive vent about how daft some people are on...

Episode 45: Live from PNWPHP from 2015-09-12T12:30

Live from PNWPHP ‘15, Ben and Phil are joined by guests Ben Marks, Yitzchok Wi...

Episode 44: API Madness! from 2015-07-22T12:30

Listen to API pros Amanda Folson and Mike Stowe talk about API versioning, RAML, and all sorts of i...

Episode 43: Midnight Express from 2015-06-12T02:00

Your two favourite PHP developers are joined this episode by Emir Karşıyakalı off of PHPKonf and IstanbulPHP.<...

Episode 42: Paul and Vance from 2015-05-23T02:00

After a little hiatus Phil and Ben back at it, joined this time by Paul Dragoonis and Vance Lucas.

Pa...

Episode 41: Loosely Town Hall - Dallas Edition from 2015-04-19T01:30

This episode is brought to you from thunderstruck Dallas, as part of the awesome conference that is Lone Star PHP. We are joined once again by the dynamic du...

Episode 40: Return of the Ferrara from 2015-03-21T01:15

Regular guest Anthony Ferrara joins us “in the studio” to talk about the new version of his sc...

Episode 39: Hi Josh! from 2015-03-12T17:03:58

Phil and Ben catch up with Josh Lockhart who has been on the show a few times before.

Josh is involved in some great projects and interested in ...

Episode 37: Sunshine Round-Hall? Town-Table? from 2015-02-08T02:00

We all know that SunshinePHP is one of the PHP communities finest conferences. It attends an amazing group of people, wonderful speakers and Rasmus usually pops in for a drive-by-keynote.

Episode 36: PSR-7 and The World of Tomorrow from 2015-02-03T03:00:10

Two awesome guests join this week, from two different framework projects, both who have been very vocal about their interest in Listen

Episode 35: Developer to CTO and Back from 2015-01-09T16:53:47

The grass is always greener on the other side, but we have a little talk with Gary Hockin and regular guest Ja...

Episode 34: /dev/hell Mashup from 2015-01-09T16:53:47

This is a big one. We’ve had Chris “The Grumpy Programmer” Hartjes and Ed “The Grumpy Podcaster” Finkler on our show before, but this time they both join us for a mashup!

We talk about t...

Episode 33: CakePHP, Monga and RFCs from 2014-11-19T18:50:20

This episode we’re joined by two two top CakePHPers Jose Diaz-Gonzalez and Bryan Crowe.

Ben is AWOL, P...

Episode 32: Ben and Phil Catch Up from 2014-11-04T20:50:20

This week Ben and Phil take some time to catch up on each others lives and let you listen in. Ben doe...

Episode 31: The One about Hot Dogs from 2014-10-17T00:51:20

This week Ben and Phil are joined last minute by repeat guests Kayla Daniels and Matt Frost.

Episode 30: Specs, Implementations, and New Engines OH MY! from 2014-08-26T01:18:50

This week Ben and Phil are joined by core PHP developer extraordinaires Andrea Faulds and Levi Morrison<...

Episode 29: Dont Mention PHP 6 v PHP 7 from 2014-07-30T19:18:48

This week Ben and Phil are joined by long distance target shooter Paul M. Jones and the handsome man that is Dani...

Episode 28: Loosley Coupled Mashup from 2014-07-10T14:40:49

In this episode, Ben and Phil join forces with Loosely Coupled to talk about Open Source, burn out and briefly discuss their favorite open source projec...

Episode 27: Josh Lockhart and Jeremy Mikola from 2014-06-29T19:03:01

This episode is a long one, but we are back to improved audio and the video is not just one dude eating pzza for an hour. Josh Lockhart of Listen

Episode 26: Hello Front Range! from 2014-06-18T18:25:01

The Front Range PHP user-group joins the show as a live audience for the episode 26, in a new crazy bonus format which Phil thought might be fun. The idea...

Episode 25: Girls Aren't Any Different from 2014-05-28T19:39:38

Talking about feminism in tech is always difficult. This episode was quite a heated discussion with Kayla Daniels and Listen

Episode 24: But is it Web Scale? from 2014-05-14T17:52:29

This week Ben Edmunds calls in from Portland and Phil Sturgeon calls in from THE FUTURE. They are joined by Listen

Episode 23: VirtPHP - Managing your Herd of ElePHPants from 2014-04-10T05:08:31

This week Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon are joined by Jacques Woodcock Listen

Episode 22: The Great Joomla! License Battle of 2014 from 2014-03-26T06:04:16

This week Ben Edmunds is joined by new guest David Stanley and recurring guest Listen

Episode 21: Attack of the Brazilians from 2014-03-14T08:20:12

This week author of “Vagrant CookBook” Érika Heidi and serial usergroup creator Listen

Episode 20: A nice friendly chat about Sculpin, Guzzle and PSR-7 from 2014-03-06T15:23:12

Trying out a slightly more professional format with questions, Phil manages to avoid talking over everyone. Winner!

This show has a history of talking about FIG stuff as it is hard to av...

Episode 19: Jeffrey Way, Laracasts and BDFLs from 2014-02-15T22:42

Well known PHP/Laravel nice-guy Jeffrey Way from NetTuts and Laracasts joins re...

Episode 18: PHPDBG, HHVM and Internals from 2014-01-29T22:42

Joe Watkins and Sara Goleman join Phil to make one hell of an episode. These two are not only core contributors...

Episode 17: Authors Galore, Conferences and Game Changers from 2013-12-30T18:42

Cal Evans talks with us about some of the great projects he is (and has) been involved with, including training days, writing books, speaking, organising conferences and a bunch more.

Se...

Episode 16: Laravel 4.1, Go and the Vagrant Fistfight from 2013-12-03T02:45

Taylor Otwell comes back on the show for a second time and regular guest Zack Kitzmiller turns up to coerce Taylor into letting him speak at LaraCon 2014.

Taylor was the first guest we e...

Episode 15: The Joomla Framework and the ongoing history of PSR-4 from 2013-11-14T03:36

The wonderfully handsome Don Gilbert joins us on our new YouTube Channel for o...

Episode 14: Ship Like a Candian, Eh? from 2013-10-24T14:30

This episode Ben and Phil are joined by Lee Tengum, who has sold more apps than Phil and Ben have even thought of. He founded Listen

Episode 13: PHP Internals, Service-orientated Architecture and Language Wars from 2013-10-14T21:45

Some episodes of this show are brought to you after more beers than others. This is one of those episodes where its more, so if you don’t like swearing and listening to a slightly confused Brist...

Episode 12: Awesome RFCs and Yolo from 2013-09-11T21:45

Silex and PHP contributor Igor Wiedler joins Ben and Phil to talk about his recently accepted RFC: Importing namesp...

Episode 11: Bike Safety from 2013-09-03T13:45

Learn what happens when you wear high-heels on a bike, and what can go wrong if you get into an unstable spin when you jump out of a plane.

We also talk about code.

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Episode 10: Postgres, Bla, Bla, Cider from 2013-07-24T17:45

This time around we’re joined by Selena Deckelmann, who as a Postgres contributor talks to us about some of the burning questions many PHP developers often have...

Episode 9: Is OAuth 2 The Devil? from 2013-07-10T16:34

Alex Bilbie and Zackary Blank come on the show to talk about OAuth 2, which has been getting a lot of flamey bad pres...

Episode 8: Use your time machine to go to PeersConf yesterday from 2013-06-27T19:12

In this episode Ben and Phil talk to the super-talented conference organiser Jessica D’Amico, joined by avid conference goer and PHP rockstar Matt Fr...

Episode 7: Web Sockets Are Fast from 2013-05-18T18:12

Chris Boden joins us to talk about a Ratchet and React. The conversation is basicall...

Episode 6: PSR-X and the Mexican Standoff from 2013-04-19T15:02

PHP-FIG member Paul M. Jones and PHP contributor Anthony Ferrera come on the podcast with Ben, Phil and regular guest Zack Kitzmiller to discuss the new Package Orientated Autoloader Proposal (a...

Episode 5: PHPness Gate, Sexism and Mental Illness from 2013-03-03T21:20

This was a tricky episode where we talk about some big genuine issues that affect PHP developers around the world, and we talked a lot about a t-shirt.

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Episode 4: PHP's Vision, Beards, and Cake from 2013-02-15T16:47

We made it to episode 4, past the point of no return! In this episode we are joined by Zack Kitzmiller (owner of an awesome beard) and Listen

Episode 3: ExpressionEngine StackExchange from 2012-12-20T16:47

ExpressionEngine Pro Anna Brown and Testing Hero Chris Hartjes join Listen

Episode 2: A Node hipster, beardy Python fan, PHP contributor and a Bristolian talk about PHP 5.5 from 2012-12-05T03:02

We’re back for an “IRL” episode, with Zack Kitzmiller, John Crepezzi and Listen

Episode 1: Composer kicks ass, Laravel 4 is coming, and PHP Hosting sucks - guest Taylor Otwell from 2012-10-10T22:10

In the first episode of the PHP Town Hall podcast, Phil Sturgeon and Ben Edmunds rant about how awesome Composer is; chat with Taylor Otwell about the upcoming Laravel 4 release; and whine about...