How I (ab)used PHP with the help of ReactPHP

Stijn Vannieuwenhuyse

Friday 27 January 2017 from 17:10 to 18:10

Talk in English - UK at PHPBenelux Conference 2017
Track Name: B
View Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/stijnvnh/how-i-ab-used-php-with-the-help-of-reactphp-1
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PHP is one of the most accessible and commonly used languages in computer programming. It’s used for building websites, web applications, micro services and loads of other stuff. Normally we would not use it to control hardware. But let that be the showcase of this talk. I’ll show you how I (ab)used PHP to control hardware used during track and field competitions. It involves LED-panels, serial-to-ethernet-­convertors and the use of reactphp, an event-driven non-blocking I/O library.

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Frederik Wouters at 18:01 on 27 Jan 2017

Fenomenal demo,
Proper php code,
Was one of the highlights of the day at phpbenelux.
Would recommend to all!

Alex Regenbogen at 18:04 on 28 Jan 2017

Having done a little tinkering with RS232 and PHP back in the days, this brought back memories.

Hope that you pick up some sponsors to help you improve this!

Robert Broen at 11:04 on 29 Jan 2017

Fun stuff, nice to see PHP used for this kind of thing. Thank you for showing, sharing and teaching.