Are you passionate about PHP? Do you love coding and want to connect with like-minded individuals in a dynamic and collaborative setting? Then mark your calendars, because PHPCamp is making a comeback after more than a decade!

What is PHPCamp?

PHPCamp is an unconference where PHP developers, enthusiasts, and experts gather to share knowledge, network, and collaborate. Unlike traditional conferences, an unconference is participant-driven, meaning attendees get to propose, vote on, and lead sessions.

Why Attend PHPCamp?

• Learn from Peers: Participate in sessions led by fellow PHP enthusiasts who share their insights and experiences. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced developer, there’s something for everyone.
• Networking Opportunities: Meet and connect with fellow PHP enthusiasts from around the world. Exchange ideas, discuss projects, and maybe even find your next collaborator or mentor.
• Hands-On Workshops: Engage in interactive workshops designed to enhance your skills. Get practical experience and learn new techniques that you can apply to your projects.
• Stay Updated: Keep up with the latest trends and advancements in the PHP world. Learn about new tools, frameworks, and best practices that can help you become a better developer.

Event Highlights

• Participant-Driven Sessions: Propose and vote on sessions that matter to you. Whether you want to lead a session or simply participate, your voice matters.
• Interactive Discussions: Engage in lively discussions on a wide range of topics, from basic PHP to advanced concepts.
• Coding Challenges: Test your skills and compete with other developers in fun and challenging coding competitions.
• Networking Events: Social gatherings, meetups, and networking lunches to help you connect with other attendees.

My First Unconference Experience

This year marks my first time attending an unconference, and I couldn’t be more excited. The unique format where participants drive the content makes it a truly collaborative and enriching experience. I’m looking forward to learning from my peers, sharing my own insights, and being part of a vibrant community. I’m especially thrilled to lead a session on “Transforming Legacy PHP Projects” where I’ll share strategies and best practices for modernizing old codebases.

Interesting Topics at PHPCamp

PHPCamp will feature a variety of fascinating topics, including:

• Drupal/WordPress: Discover the latest developments and best practices in using Drupal/WordPress with PHP.
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Learn how to enhance the reliability and scalability of your PHP applications. Prometheus Monitoring is one I look forward to explore.
• AI with PHP: Explore how artificial intelligence can be integrated with PHP to create smarter applications.
• Open Source: Discuss the importance of open source in the PHP community and how we can contribute.
• Headless CMS: Understand the benefits of using headless content management systems with PHP for flexible and efficient web development.
• React, Inertia.js, Laravel and many more interesting sessions.

How to Register

Registering for PHPCamp is easy. Visit the official PHPCamp website, fill out the registration form, and secure your spot.

Get ready for an unforgettable experience at PHPCamp. Whether you’re looking to learn, network, or simply have fun, this unconference has it all. After the last PHPCamp in 2011, this event is set to be a remarkable return.

Date: 8th June 2024
Venue: 5th Floor, MCCIA Tower, SB Road, Pune

See you in Pune!

It was Google’s birthday this month. Guess that’s the reason why Google is on release spree. Throughout this month, Google introduced many new features. Also discontinued some features in search and associated tools. I’ll write a post on each feature release as possible with impacts as and when shared by people.

For this post let’s talk about Link Relationships.
On 10th Sept 2019, Google Announced, that google is evolving link relationship attribute. NoFollow and DoFollow are the known attributes in Search Engine Friendly Sites ecosystem.

Link Relationship work as Hints to google. It helps google understanding how to treat the link. Now Google announced two new attributes “UGC” & “sponsored”.

rel=”sponsored” is to be used for in-content, adverts or any compensated link.

“UGC” is for User Generated Content. rel=” UGC” is used for links in the Comment section or any content that is submitted by End-user. This is a good move as someday this will reduce the value of a link in comments. we can call it a step towards comments Spam.

Google is respecting anyone who is started implementing these attributes, the impact might be seen after March 1, 2020.

Here’s how to put in place before time.

For rel=”sponsored”
if you are running ads based on some Ad Network, then you don’t need to worry about it. if you are having some in-content sponsored links then you need to Update the Code Manually.

For rel=”UGC”
If you have any custom User-generated Content display, then updating links with rel=”UGC” is recommended. If you are using WordPress like me, then the Comments area is one which needs to be updated. You can install plugins WP Add Rel=”UGC” to Comments to your WordPress site. I know this feature should be a part of WordPress core, which is in process. UGC support will be added to Upcoming WordPress 5.3 which is scheduled to be released on 12th November 2019. Till then you can use the plugin mentioned above.

For Beginners, who have no idea what ‘rel’ attribute is in the Link tag.
rel value indicates the relationship of the target link from the website link is on. There are many existing Rel values. Some are acquaintance, alternate, bookmark, contact, colleague, copyrights and many more. You can find more about it on Microformats Official Documents.