PHP is changing from a simple template-ing language and html decorator to a fully fledged server side language.

1. RICHARD MCINTYRE
• Freelance Web Developer
• Works at BBC Mobile Core Engineering
• Committer to the Lithium Framework
• Lived for 15 years in Japan
• Finished Leeds Half in 1:51
• Twitter: @mackstar

2. THE FUTURE OF PHP
And how this applies to you

5. <div class="entry">
<h1>{{title}}</h1>
<div class="body">
{{{body}}}
</div>

6. Handlebars
<div class="entry">
<h1>{{title}}</h1>
<div class="body">
{{{body}}}
</div>

9. Hello {{name}}
You have just won ${{value}}!
{{#in_ca}}
Well, ${{taxed_value}}, after taxes.
{{/in_ca}}

10. Moustache
Hello {{name}}
You have just won ${{value}}!
{{#in_ca}}
Well, ${{taxed_value}}, after taxes.
{{/in_ca}}

11. PHP’S BACKGROUND
Where we have come from

12. DEVICES

13. DEVICES
Javascript is super portable

15. PILE OF SHIT

16. ARE YOU STILL USING PHP BASED PARTIALS
FOR LOADING AJAX?

17. TWITTER.COM - XHR

18. JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORKS
• Backbone.js • Meteor.js
• Ember.js
• Sproutcore
• Google closure
• Javascript MVC
• Cappucino

19. The key to being a good JavaScript programmer is being able to
laugh at, and understand the significance of, this image.

22. PHP
Front Back
End End

23. YOUR APPS NEED TO
BE AVAILABLE AS API’S

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25. Silex
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26. Silex
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27. Silex
require_once __DIR__.'/silex.phar';
$app = new SilexApplication();
$app->get('/hello/{name}', function($name) use($app) {
return 'Hello '.$app->escape($name);
});
$app->run();
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29. Slim

30. Slim

31. Slim
require 'Slim/Slim.php';
$app = new Slim();
$app->get('/hello/:name', function ($name) {
echo "Hello, $name!";
});
$app->run();

33. Flight

34. Flight

35. Flight
require 'flight/Flight.php';
Flight::route('/', function(){
echo 'hello world!';
});
Flight::start();

36. Limonade???
require_once 'vendors/limonade.php';
dispatch('/', 'hello');
function hello()
{
return 'Hello world!';
}
run();

37. Limonade???
require_once 'vendors/limonade.php';
dispatch('/', 'hello');
function hello()
{
return 'Hello world!';
}
run();

38. Lithium #li3
(My Precious)

39. // GET request
Router::connect("/create", array("http:method" => "GET"),
function($request){
// Do something and return Response object
}
);
// POST request
Router::connect("/create", array("http:method" => "POST"),
function($request){
// Do something and return Response object
}
);

40. // PUT request
Router::connect("/create", array("http:method" => "PUT"),
function($request){
// Do something and return Response object
}
);
// DELETE request
Router::connect("/create", array("http:method" => "DELETE"),
function($request){
// Do something and return Response object
}
);
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41. ARE YOU A SLAVE?
to the technology you use...

42. <?php define(‘SLAVERY’, ‘your shit here’); ?>

43. === ‘SLAVERY’
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44. === ‘SLAVERY’

45. Your favorite
framework === ‘SLAVERY’

46. ADVANCES IN PHP
LANGUAGE

47. YOU CAN CHOOSE MORE
than 1 framework

48. PSR-0
An agreement to use namespaces or spaces
to expose your directory structure

49. 3 FRAMEWORKS IN 1 APP
http://www.slideshare.net/weaverryan/a-php-christmas-
miracle-3-frameworks-1-app
Actually Java and Python have had
this all along...

50. CLI
Command Line Interface

51. PHP IS A FULLY FLEDGED
back end programming language

52. PHP
Front More Solutions Back
End Bridge
End

55. NODE.JS
Some thoughts....

56. ARE YOU A BACK END PHP NINJA?

57. ARE YOU A BACK END PHP NINJA?
Specialist

58. WELL ROUNDED COOL GUY

59. WELL ROUNDED COOL GUY
Generalist

60. ARE YOU MULTI-LINGUAL?

61. ARE YOU MULTI-LINGUAL?
Language agnostic

62. CAN YOU KICK ASS IN A FIGHT?

63. CAN YOU KICK ASS IN A FIGHT?
Stand up for PHP

65. Testing

66. Testing Version Control

67. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code

68. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Documentation

69. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries
Documentation

70. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries
Documentation
Continuous integration

71. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries
Documentation
Caching Continuous integration

72. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries Build Tools
Documentation
Caching Continuous integration

73. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries Build Tools
Performance
Documentation
Caching Continuous integration

74. Testing Version Control
Reading other peoples code
Using other libraries Build Tools
Performance
Documentation
Having others read your code
Caching Continuous integration