Thursday, 8 March 2007

PHP User Groups Launched

A latest release talks about the new PHP Groups that has been launched yesterday. This PHP Group is launched with the intent to foster an open community for PHP user groups to share and exchange ideas and information worldwide. Membership is open to anyone working with a PHP user group or interested in starting one.

For the unacquainted, User groups are clubs focused on the use of a particular technology. PHP user groups focus on the PHP programming language and related technologies such as Linux, the Apache Web server, and the MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. The first PHP user group was formed in Chicago in 1997.

At present, the new PHP Groups provides a mailing list where user group leaders and those interested may subscribe and take part in a dialog with other user groups. The release reports that every month, PHP.net lists events for over fifty PHP user groups. It further informs you that there may be as many as 200 or more PHP user groups around the world. The main aim of the PHP Groups is to unite these user groups and provide a means for them to communicate with each other.