John Coggeshall has this new post over on his blog today about Oracle's latest addition to their site - a PHP developers section.

While I was attending the International PHP Conference in Amsterdam, I had an opportunity to stop by the Oracle exhibit and get introduced to a brand-new PHP Developer Center on Oracle's Developer Network! This is the second such announcement from a major database company (SAP recently launched a new PHP Development Forum which I am moderating as part of a SAP/Zend joint effort). Between Oracle, SAP and of course IBM it is becoming increasingly clear that PHP has moved from a thriving open source project to an enterprise solution powerhouse for web applications!

It's great to see so many of the larger companies finally taking note of PHP for the huge driving force that it really is. Coming from somewhat of an "underdog" status (no big company backing it), PHP really has come a long way in the online community, and seeing companies like Oracle support it really is encouraging...