Ask HN: Where is the PHP community?

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Where can I find PHP conferences or communities similar to what python has PyCon https://us.pycon.org/2015/. Where is all the great resources for Php where people can learn and understand the language more. I feel like a lot of 2014 + is going to be more about Python and Ruby and less focus on PHP but I could be wrong.

Share some resources, videos, projects, tutorials or cool things happening in the PHP community.

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Well, there's PHP Conference http://phpconference.com And also Northeastern http://www.northeastphp.org/

I don't know of it's too late to get tickets yet since these are late October and September. It's good to check up on these early in the year, just in case.

Edit: On Northeastern, you can check out last years highlights to see if this is what you're looking for http://2013.northeastphp.org/

The ConFoo Conference in Montreal is always an excellent one for PHP (and other technologies).

http://confoo.ca

Check out the Laravel Framework . . . Laravel.com

(laracasts.com is a great place to get your feet wet)

I keep hearing ridiculously good things about laracasts.com which might be worth checking out as well.

There's the php[tek] conference every year in the Chicago area.

check http://php.net and http://www.phpclasses.org/

sry, phpclasses.org is not a very good ressource.

Try https://packagist.org/ instead. http://www.phptherightway.com/ is also a goof landing spot.

Concerning the original question: I don't know of a string PHP community anywhere. Some high-profile PHP developers are active on the PHP subreddit (ircmaxell, nikic, Phil Sturgeon, Paul M Jones and many more).

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