The Atlanta PHP User Group has announced their latest meeting for June 2012 - an introduction to the Larvel framework from Ben Edmunds.

Are you ashamed to admit you're a PHP developer? Have you been using the same old, boring PHP framework for years? Tired of your PHP applications turning into enormous beasts? Maybe you've heard about Laravel but haven't made the effort to dive into it? In this presentation, we'll walk through what makes Laravel an elegant, fun, and exciting framework to make PHP applications that you'll be proud of.

The meeting is happening June 7th at 7pm at the Strongbox West on Defoor Place. Food will be provided and there'll be giveaways of AtlantaPHP and Laravel swag!

Have a user group meeting coming up you'd like posted? send it over and we'll get it posted!

The Atlanta PHP User Group has announced their May 2012 meeting on their site today. In next month's meeting John Corry will be presenting about PyroCMS and why you should base your next site on it.

If you use (or would like to use) the CodeIgniter framework in your PHP projects, you've probably seen that each project requires common elements (authentication, user management, basic CMS components). Take a walkthrough of PyroCMS with John Corry to learn how you can leverage it's components to bring your projects closer to completion right out of the box! If you love CI, you'll LOVE PyroCMS!

The meeting will be May 3rd from 7-9pm at Strongbox West there in Atlanta. If you have a user group meeting you'd like announced, send the information on over and it'll get posted!

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has posted its latest episode, an interview with Chris Spruck, the head of the Atlanta PHP User Group.

Cal asks Chris three questions about user groups and their dynamics.

• What's been your biggest success in the Atlanta PHP User Group?
• How do you keep your members interested in the group and its topics?
• What has been the best part about being a part of a user group for you?

You can listen to this latest episode via the in-page player, by downloading the mp3 or by subscribing to their feed.