The standard PHP library (SPL) is growing in both maturity and use. But a lot of developers still aren't aware of the tools in SPL or simply haven't seen good examples of how to use the code. From interfaces to an autoload stack to classes that make objects act like arrays, there are tools to make every application leaner and faster, or simply more clever. Using live projects from github, take a look at the good, bad, and the ugly of SPL usage in PHP development.

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Cal's three questions involve her work with the PHP Mentoring project:

• Can you give us an overview of the project?
• How can people get involved?
• Tell us some about the CodeConnexx conference

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[In this episode] Elizabeth Naramore interviews Elizabeth Smith of mojoLive about working on PHP for Windows and starting phpmentoring.org

They talk about her move from dance to programming, the work she does on PHP and Windows, issues she sees in the PHP core code, the PHP Mentoring project and some of her own advice for working moms. She also mentions the CoApp, an open source package manager for Windows.

Cal's questions for Elizabeth revolve around her speaking/community involvement and some of the work she's currently doing:

• Tell us some about your current involvement in the PHP community
• Why don't you tell us some about PHP on the desktop (PHP-GTK)
• Talk about the work you're doing at MojoLive

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The ZendCon Sessions are live recordings of sessions that have been given at previous Zend Conferences. Combined with the slides, they can be the next best thing to having attended the conference itself.

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Here's an interview that Paul recorded with Elizabeth M. Smith, a while back. There's some good info in here on PHP on Windows. Paul & Elizabeth discuss builds, 5.3, and other related topics.

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At the encouragement of Elizabeth Smith, I went through the process (not-so-recently as of this blog entry) of compiling PHP on Windows.

He gives his "laundry list" of things to download/have access to and the link to Elizabeth's tutorial handy. Matthew found a few differences in his compile - an issue with IPv6 support and a pathing problem with the scripts trying to find libmysql.dll. He also throws in his instructions on getting aspell support compiled in.

Todays special guest is Elizabeth Marie Smith. I quote now from her "About Me" page of her blog, a link to which can be found in the show notes. Elizabeth has been using PHP since time immemorial but has used PHP 5 for so long now she's forgotten how she ever got by without SPL and a real object model. [...] Today Elizabeth is going to share with us about PECL, the PHP Extension Community Library.

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Check out her blog entry too...