Topics

PHP, V5
PHP4 has seen its end of life in 2008. Companies benefit from porting their business applications to the newest PHP version. Several strategies are possible, and you should be encouraged to use the new features and extensions that PHP5 provides. Sessions in this track are for example PHP5 migration strategies or usage of new extensions/features like namespaces, SPL, ext/soap and the like.

Frameworks
OpenSource and commercial frameworks try to make your life as a PHP developer easier. Sessions in this track focus on presenting the various frameworks and how to extend them as well as discussing the pros and cons of the popular OpenSource frameworks.

Architecture/QA
Coding style, code metrics, UnitTesting, performance tests, Design Patterns, class hierarchies: sessions in this track present the toolset you need for shaping the architecture of your application and providing a good QA in the development process.

Security
Companies use the web for business critical applications. Security is a must have for them. This track focuses on the risks that your application can face and how to avoid security problems.

Business/Enterprise
PHP has been used for business critical applications for years. But how do you manage your web applications in an Enterprise context? Agile development, Enterprise features and involvement of management are the focus of this track. Furthermore we will discuss how companies can benefit in times of recession from the ease of use of PHP and its flexibility.

Best Practices
Get a blueprint for your application. Successful projects tell you which problems they faced and how they solved them.

Interoperability
How can PHP connect to SAP? Synchronize with AD/LDAP? Get batch reports from your host system? Sessions in this track focus on showing how you can leverage PHP’s full potential when connecting to different IT architectures.

Database
From MySQL5 to SQLite, DB2 and Oracle: expect sessions about different database flavours and how to improve the performance of your web application/database.

RIA (Rich Internet Application)
The world has changed. Web applications don’t follow any longer the traditional request-response paradigm. AJAX, Flash/Flex and integration into desktop applications create shiny web applications. Sessions in this track show you how to use different JS/RIA frameworks and integrate PHP with it.

International PHP Conference 2009

Call for Papers

Dear speakers and friends of IPC 2009,

Especially in times of economic crisis PHP can prove it‘s strengths in being an efficient, maintainable and highly scalable language. And these are just some of the reasons, why PHP is driving a majority of todays web applications.

The International PHP Conference will provide developers, web designers and IT professionals with detailed know how on how to make use of the leading web technology for business critical applications.

This year‘s conference will be accompanied by a PHP unconference on Sunday 15th November (open to all speakers and free for all attendees) and the webtech, a conference dedicated to the full spectrum of web technology that is not covered by PHP (at the main conference). Especially web security experts are welcome to add their proposals in this context.

Special Days

We are looking for speakers joining the Architecture Day or the MySQL Day. "Architecture", in terms of project organization, business organization, tools & approaches etc. is becoming a key qualification to developers and teams. And MySQL still is one of the most common open source databases used in many of todays leading web applications. The International PHP Conference will provide attendees with professional and up to date information on both MySQL and Architecture in the world of PHP.

We are looking forward to you numerous suggestions and proposals, as usual via http://phpconference.com/input.

I am looking forward to your participation and I wish you a wonderful summer.

Best regards
Björn Schotte | Head of Chair of the International PHP Conference