23 Episodes
PHP Alive and Kicking 2026.08.04
PHP Alive and Kicking – August 4, 2026 Hosts: Chris Miller (standing in solo while Mike is on holiday) Mike escaped to a beach so Chris hosts alone with special guest Derick Rethans. Expec...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 29 Elizabeth Barron
Elizabeth Barron returns to the show just four weeks after her debut appearance for a wide-ranging follow-up on her first months as Executive Director of the PHP Foundation. Elizabeth shares the ke...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 22 Sara Golemon
Sara Golemon returns to the show — her first appearance was way back in Episode 2 — for a deep dive into Git Worktrees, a powerful but underused Git feature that lets you work on multiple branches si...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 26 Elizabeth Barron
In this episode of PHP Alive and Kicking, hosted by Mike and Chris (from PHP Architect), featuring their guest Elizabeth Barron, the newly appointed Executive Director of the PHP Foundation....
PHP Alive and Kicking Episode 20 – Ash Allen
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PHP Alive And Kicking – Episode 19 – Jim Seconde
Jim’s opening gambit? “Can you buy elephants on the merch store? Also, it’s giving me a 403 error.” Chaos ensued. Accusations were thrown. Then Jim realized: he...
PHP Alive And Kicking – Episode 17 – TJ Miller
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PHP Alive And Kicking – Episode 16 – Wendell Adriel
Wendell joins the show with a literal fire background (the “this is fine” meme), which he admits he can’t use anymore because of company backgrounds. But it’s an accurate rep...
PHP Alive and Kicking Episode 15: Below Deck with Frank Wallen
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PHP Alive and Kicking Episode 14 – Dan Newns
Dan’s programming journey started in secondary school with Visual Basic—specifically building a cinema booking system. But it was university where things got real: HTML with tables (no CSS!),...
PHP Alive And Kicking Episode 13 – Shane and Simon
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PHP Alive And Kicking – Episode 12 – Rob Allen
Rob’s journey into PHP started in 1995—way back in the last century, as he puts it—when he got headhunted from a C++ role testing mobile phones. The twist? He was in an online ga...
PHP Alive and Kicking – Episode 11 – Bert De Swaef
Key Takeaways Expertise in PHP development transcends basic programming skills. Comprehensive understanding of asynchronous programming and SOLID principles enhances code quality. PHP’s “alive and...
PHP Alive And Kicking – Episode 10 – Jasper Willems
PHPARCH25 – 25% off any certification – valid til April Jasper hasn’t written a line of code since his Commodore 64 days—and he’s perfectly fine with that. While most guests t...
PHP Alive And Kicking 9 – Estelle Gaits
You’ve got a UK teaching qualification, you’re qualified to teach anywhere in the world, and then you move back to France only to discover—surprise!—your degree means absolutely n...
PHP Alive And Kicking 8 – Zuzana Kuchnova
Zuzana didn’t grow up coding at age 10, she came to development later in life, looking for flexible work she could do around raising three kids. A chance encounter with an online bootcamp that...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 7 – Steve McDougall
The Bored Sysadmin Who Chose PHP Over .NET a young Linux sysadmin whose job involves kicking the mail server once a week and spending the rest of the time playing Call of Duty. Steve watched the dev...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 6 – Matt Stauffer
Matt takes us back to the mid-90s, learning HTML and PHP alongside his older brother – back when there was no CSS or JavaScript, and getting a header and footer to include across multiple pag...
PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 5 – Saifeddin Gmati
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PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 4 – Ashley Hindle
From wannabe teen hacker to 20+ years in PHP, AI Lead at Laravel, and producing Laravel Boost – come and hear about Ashley Hindle and his journey. Laravel Boost Deep Dive Makes AI code better...
