2. About Me
Zend PHP Certified Engineer
Senior Software Engineer at Mindfire Solutions
Wordpress Plugin Contributor
3. What Is Open Source?
• Open source is a development model that promotes a
universal access via a free license to a product’s design or
blueprint, and universal redistribution of that design or
blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by
anyone.
4. Benefits of Open Source
• Free of Cost
• Control
• Continuity
• Community
• Security
• Support
6. What is PHP?
• PHP is a popular server side scripting language that is
especially suited for making dynamic web pages.
• PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor
• Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994
7. Why PHP?
• Open Source
• Platform Independent
• Server Compatible
• Database Support
• Easy to Learn
• Vast Community
• Faster Development
• CMS & Frameworks
• Less Expensive Hosting
8. Popular Sites
• Facebook
• Time Inc.
• Flickr
• Wikipedia
• TechCrunch
• SonyMusic
• Digg
• SitePoint
• Olympus
12. Future of PHP
• Governments, enterprises, non-profits, schools, banks, and
space programs run PHP applications of every shape, size,
and purpose. Many - maybe most - of us in the world of
open source software are idealists. Since PHP powers large
part of the web today, we can also say pragmatically that
we are perfectly positioned to have the chance and
perhaps the responsibility to make a difference through
PHP.