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John and Eric share more of the day-to-day behind-the-scenes work that goes on at php[architect].

This episode of php is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm

We discuss php[tek] 2024, writing for the magazine, and what is coming in the next release of php[architect] magazine.

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* @phparch=> ‘Official PHP Architect’

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* @shocm=> Host Eric Van Johnson

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In this episode, Scott talks with Eric Van Johnson of PHP[architect] LLC, about writing for the php[architect] magazine, the talk submissions process for php[tek], and why you should have a subscription to php[architect].

Interview With Eric Van Johnson

 

Note: this transcript was transcribed and then edited for clarity and to make it easier to read.

Scott Keck-Warren: Hello Developers, and welcome to episode one of the PHP Architect Community Corner, where we have conversations with members of the PHP community and the technology community at large. I’m your host, Scott Keck-Warren.

Today we’re talking with Eric Van Johnson about submitting articles to the php[architect] magazine, the selection process for talks at php[tek] 2024, and the benefits of having a subscription to the php[architect] magazine.

Eric Van Johnson is one of the minds behind php[architect] LLC. Described as loud and passionate about the PHP programming language, he has been known to record a podcast or two, or maybe even three. Powered by scotch and hope, you can follow Eric on Twitter @shocm / Mastdon @[email protected].

Thank you, Eric, for finding time to talk with us today.

 

Eric Van Johnson: Scott, thanks for taking the time to talk to me, I appreciate it.

Scott Keck-Warren: Absolutely!

 

Writing for php[architect]

 

Scott Keck-Warren: I know that the php[architect] magazine is a magazine made by the community for the community, and you’re constantly looking for contributors to help write articles. If I had an idea for an article, what would the process be?

Eric Van Johnson: Right? Great question. I appreciate you asking.

It’s really meant to be as least stressful as we can be. Essentially, there’s just so much good information out there that we as developers, hold onto, and we want to make sure everybody has an outlet to share that because it’s just nonstop. You know, our industry is always changing. There’s always new things emerging, how we do things. There’s no one right way to do things. So everybody has, you know, a thought or an understanding or knowledge of something.

 

If you’re interested in contributing to php[architect] the magazine. You just simply reach out to us and it can be as casual as, “Hey, I have an idea for an article. Is this something you would be interested in?” We’re pretty straightforward with you. We’ll give you a yes or no. Ideally, we like things focused on PHP. That’s kind of our always our free pass. But even if it’s PHP adjacent where it’s like web technology or web development or something like that, even then we’ll give it a listen and kind of talk through it.

 

Eric Van Johnson: After that, all we ask is for the article to be ideally between 2500 and 3500 words. That seems like a lot but really, once you start writing, it flies by. Commonly, people contribute well over 3500. And that’s okay as well. That 3500 is not the high bar if you hit it then everything gets cut off. It’s more like that’s the sweet spot for us to get it in one release of a magazine. We’ve had articles, 5000 words, 6000 words, and all we end up doing is breaking those out across a couple of releases.

 

Once we agree on a topic and you understand what we ask as far as a deliverable, you then tell us when you think you can have it done. Now, this is not a hard deadline you’re setting for yourself. It’s just for us on our end. We add those articles to our pipeline and we can see, oh, Scott says in December he’s going to have a feature article for us. Haven’t heard from Scott, so we’ll assume he’s still targeting that December release. If you do end up having to postpone it and you need more time,



John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect].

This episode of php is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm

Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Twitter

* @phparch=> ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @phptek => ‘php[tek] Conference’

* @johncongdon=> Host John Congdon

* @shocm=> Host Eric Van Johnson

Mastodon

* @[email protected] => ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @[email protected] => ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @[email protected]=> Host John Congdon

* @[email protected]=> Host Eric Van Johnson

 

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John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect].

This episode of php is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm

Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Twitter

* @phparch=> ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @phptek => ‘php[tek] Conference’

* @johncongdon=> Host John Congdon

* @shocm=> Host Eric Van Johnson

Mastodon

* @[email protected] => ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @[email protected] => ‘Official PHP Architect’

* @[email protected]=> Host John Congdon

* @[email protected]=> Host Eric Van Johnson

 

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John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect].

This episode is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm

Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Twitter

@phparch

@johncongdon

@shocm

Mastodon

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

@[email protected]

John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect]. This includes a lot of talk on php[tek]. They also talk about the latest edition of the magazine “Box of PHP”.

Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord

Get your early bird php[tek] tickets before the price goes up at https://tek.phparch.com

 

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Join us at php[tek] 2023

php[tek] 2023

Twitter

@phparch

@phptek

@johncongdon

@shocm

Mastodon

phparch.social@editor

phparch.social@tek

phparch.social@john

phparch.social@eric

Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord

Get your early bird php[tek] tickets before the price goes up at https://tek.phparch.com

 

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Join us at php[tek] 2023

php[tek] 2023

Twitter

@phparch

@phptek

@johncongdon

@shocm

Mastodon

phparch.social@editor

phparch.social@tek

phparch.social@john

phparch.social@eric

Subscribe to the Magazine Today

https://phpa.me/signup

Join us at php[tek] 2023

php[tek] 2023

Twitter

@phparch

@phptek

@johncongdon

@shocm

Mastodon

phparch.social@editor

phparch.social@tek

phparch.social@john

phparch.social@eric

This month John and Eric discuss some of the greater articles coming in the August 2022 release, “PHP Blueprint”.

Articles include Feature contributions “Converting relational database models into a graph” and “Universal Vim”. We also have The Workshop “Blueprinting our Application”, DDD Alley “Exploring Boundaries”, PHP Puzzles “Decimals to Fractions”, Finally “The Dangerous Safety of Comfort”, Education Station “Using Git to your Advantage”, Security Corner “Broken Authentication”, Drupal Dab “Create Content Type in Drupal 9”, and more.

This month John and Eric discuss some of the greater articles coming in the July 2022 release, “Database Freedom”.

We start off with two great feature articles, “Customizing Drupal Feeds For Smooth Migrations” by Doug Groene and “MongoDB and PHP—-A Perfect Match” by Joel Lord.

Our monthly columnists have been hard at work as well. Over in Education Station, Chris Tankersley gives us “What is Git Doing”? Then Eric Mann helps with “Demystifying Multifactor Authentication” on Security Corner. Continuing down through DDD Alley, Edward Barnard brings up “Structure by Use Case”. The Workshop will help improve our development environments with the article “PHP from Virtual Machine to Docker” by Joe Ferguson. Nicola Pignatelli tells you everything you’ve ever wanted to know to “Create a Custom Module in Drupal 9” in the Drupal Dab. If you’re a puzzle fan, check out this very counterintuitive PHP Puzzles column, “The Birthday Paradox” by Oscar Merida. Learn all about the PSR-7 HTTP Message Interface” in Frank Wallen’s PSR Pickup.

And finally{}, Beth Tucker Long talks about the pitfalls behind the commonly used “Blind” talk selection process used by many conferences and user groups.