I got a chance to talk with Jason and Qiang in this latest edition of the Pro-PHP Podcast Interview series to talk about the PRADO framework.

PRADO stands for PHP Rapid Application Development Object-oriented. It is an event-driven and component-based framework for PHP 5.

In this episode, I talk with a PHP developer from Colorado, Kelly Taylor, about his perceptions of the Zend Certification from the perspective of someone about to take it.

If you have other ideas for interview on topics you’d like to hear, feel free to send them along to podcast@pro-php.com and we’ll check them out…

Well, we’re trying a bit different format for the newscast – give it a shot and see what you think. I know it’s not as detailed, but it gives more of a comprehensive overview of things that happened this past week.

Items mentioned include: PHPBuilder’s online survey tutorial, the International PHP Conference, Toughening Forms with an Image, the release of Zend Studio 5, and two new Oracle Cookbook recipies.

This job keeps getting better and better. I had a great time talking one on one with Greg Beaver, the man behind so many great innovations in the PEAR project like the PEAR Server, Unit Tests for PEAR and PHAR. This is a very insightful conversation, where Greg shares his motivation and his aspirations for PEAR as an immovable force in the PHP community. I hope you all enjoy it.

A great conversation with Davey Shafik, author of the Cerebral Cortex PHP 5 Framework and big time PEAR contributor. Davey shares his history in PHP, his love of PHP 5 and why Cerebral Cortex is the framework you shoul use and contribute to.

Also, It’s a new month. Vote for us at Podcast Alley!!!

And, if you use ODEO, signup for our My Odeo Channel (odeo/157461576e23e078)

Marcus has the honor of interviewing Paul M. Jones, author of Savant, SOLAR and YaWiki. Hear from the horses mouth why Savant was created, why it never made it into PEAR and why SOLAR is the PHP 5 framework you should be using.

Also, this is the first Pro PHP podcast as a member of the TechPodcast.com network. check the promos :)