The creative minds behind php[architect] magazine have been running php[tek] as an annual PHP & web technology conference since 2006. We’ve also organized numerous other conferences, starting as far back as 2004, but php[tek] is a special event dear to our hearts.

Monday 23rd May 2016

09:00
0
PHP Essentials (2 days)
Workshop by Sandy Smith (8 hours, 30 minutes)

PHP Essentials (2 days)

7
Web Security Training
Workshop by Chris Cornutt (8 hours, 30 minutes)

Web Security Training

0
Laravel from the Ground Up
Workshop by Joe Ferguson (8 hours, 30 minutes)

Laravel from the Ground Up

Tuesday 24th May 2016

09:00 Introducing Practical RabbitMQ
Workshop by James Titcumb (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Introducing Practical RabbitMQ

5
PHP 7 Compliance Workshop
Workshop by Damien Seguy (3 hours, 30 minutes)

PHP 7 Compliance Workshop

8
Reducing Technical Debt with Design Patterns
Workshop by Junade Ali (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Reducing Technical Debt with Design Patterns

14:00
2
Hands on Elasticsearch
Workshop by Shaunak Kashyap (3 hours, 30 minutes)

Hands on Elasticsearch

I Promise() to Teach You Asynchronous PHP
Workshop by Eric Mann (3 hours, 30 minutes)

I Promise() to Teach You Asynchronous PHP

BDD with Behat for Beginners
Workshop by Adam Englander (3 hours, 30 minutes)

BDD with Behat for Beginners

Wednesday 25th May 2016

09:00
22
I'm Just Here for the ElePHPants
Keynote by Jeremy Mikola (1 hour)

I'm Just Here for the ElePHPants

10:30
9
ERD, Flowcharts, and Other Documentation
Talk by Anna Filina (1 hour)

ERD, Flowcharts, and Other Documentation

16
Machine Learning with PHP
Talk by Damien Seguy (1 hour)

Machine Learning with PHP

1
WordPress Code Performance
Talk by Stéphane Boisvert (1 hour)

WordPress Code Performance

Build a Better Hat Rack: All Contributions Welcome
Talk by Katie McLaughlin (1 hour)

Build a Better Hat Rack: All Contributions Welcome

12:00
5
Designing for Those Who Matter: Your Users
Talk by David Laietta (30 minutes)

Designing for Those Who Matter: Your Users

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Web Apps
Talk by Andrew Cassell (30 minutes)

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Web Apps

CommonMark: Markdown Done Right
Talk by Colin O'Dell (30 minutes)

CommonMark: Markdown Done Right

7
The Beginner's Guide to Alternative Authentication
Talk by Chris Cornutt (30 minutes)

The Beginner's Guide to Alternative Authentication

14:00 Logging: Your New Best Friend
Talk by Michael Heap (1 hour)

Logging: Your New Best Friend

4
Unit Testing by Example
Talk by Anna Filina (1 hour)

Unit Testing by Example

Diving into HHVM Extensions
Talk by James Titcumb (1 hour)

Diving into HHVM Extensions

4
Angular or Backbone: Go Mobile!
Talk by Doris Chen (1 hour)

Angular or Backbone: Go Mobile!

15:30
3
Becoming a Polyglot
Talk by Kirsten Jones (1 hour)

Becoming a Polyglot

Highly-available Drupal on a Raspberry Pi Cluster
Talk by Jeff Geerling (1 hour)

Highly-available Drupal on a Raspberry Pi Cluster

Writing Better Code with the New PHP 7
Talk by Joseph Maxwell (1 hour)

Writing Better Code with the New PHP 7

3
Better Security Delivered Faster: TLS with HTTP2
Talk by Junade Ali (1 hour)

Better Security Delivered Faster: TLS with HTTP2

17:00 Robust Second-factor Authentication with PHP
Talk by Tim Lytle (1 hour)

Robust Second-factor Authentication with PHP

Beware Mutants: Testing Your Tests
Talk by Ian Littman (1 hour)

Beware Mutants: Testing Your Tests

JavaScript for PHP Developers
Talk by Eric Mann (1 hour)

JavaScript for PHP Developers

Thursday 26th May 2016

09:00
20
The New Revolution
Keynote by Samantha Quiñones (1 hour)

The New Revolution

10:30 JavaScript is Awe-ful
Talk by Katie McLaughlin (1 hour)

JavaScript is Awe-ful

Hacking Your Way to Better Security
Talk by Colin O'Dell (1 hour)

Hacking Your Way to Better Security

3
Shipping Responsive Images to 25% of the Web
Talk by Joe McGill (1 hour)

Shipping Responsive Images to 25% of the Web

Domain-driven Design Deconstructed
Talk by Andrew Cassell (1 hour)

Domain-driven Design Deconstructed

12:00 ProTips for Staying Sane while Working from Home
Talk by Jeff Geerling (30 minutes)

ProTips for Staying Sane while Working from Home

Data Protection: US vs EU (PHP Tek 2016)
Talk by Marcus Bointon (30 minutes)

Data Protection: US vs EU (PHP Tek 2016)

Zombies and Binary
Talk by Christopher Pitt (30 minutes)

Zombies and Binary

14:00 Mastering the Basics of OAuth2
Talk by Joseph Maxwell (1 hour)

Mastering the Basics of OAuth2

Profiling Your PHP Application
Talk by Michael Heap (1 hour)

Profiling Your PHP Application

1
Containing Chaos with Kubernetes
Talk by Terrence Ryan (1 hour)

Containing Chaos with Kubernetes

2
Self-employed through the Web
Talk by David Laietta (1 hour)

Self-employed through the Web

15:30 RIP TSRMLS_CC: Porting Extensions to PHP 7
Talk by Adam Harvey (1 hour)

RIP TSRMLS_CC: Porting Extensions to PHP 7

6
Deploying Large-scale PHP
Talk by Todd Ross (1 hour)

Deploying Large-scale PHP

Effective Redis for PHP Developers
Talk by Matthew Turland (1 hour)

Effective Redis for PHP Developers

5
Irresistible APIs
Talk by Kirsten Hunter (1 hour)

Irresistible APIs

17:00 Professional Development, Professional Developers
Talk by Steve Grunwell (1 hour)

Professional Development, Professional Developers

Yielding Higher-performance PHP
Talk by Ian Littman (1 hour)

Yielding Higher-performance PHP

Breaking the Enigma
Talk by Christopher Pitt (30 minutes)

Breaking the Enigma

So You Just Inherited a $Legacy Application...
Talk by Joe Ferguson (1 hour)

So You Just Inherited a $Legacy Application...

Friday 27th May 2016

09:00 What Makes a Great Developer?
Talk by Matthew Turland (1 hour)

What Makes a Great Developer?

Code Archaeology: Becoming Indiana Jones
Talk by Michael Heap (1 hour)

Code Archaeology: Becoming Indiana Jones

M-M-M-Monads!
Talk by Christopher Pitt (1 hour)

M-M-M-Monads!

Building for the PHP Command Line Interface
Talk by Steve Grunwell (1 hour)

Building for the PHP Command Line Interface

10:30
5
MySQL's JSON Data Type
Talk by Dave Stokes (1 hour)

MySQL's JSON Data Type

phpdbg for Fun and Profit
Talk by Adam Harvey (1 hour)

phpdbg for Fun and Profit

Deploying IPv6
Talk by Marcus Bointon (1 hour)

Deploying IPv6

3
On the Road towards PHP 7
Talk by Josh Deckard (1 hour)

On the Road towards PHP 7

12:00
11
Uncle Cal's Career Advice
Keynote by Cal Evans (30 minutes)

Uncle Cal's Career Advice