PHP at Scale - Panel Session

Explore high-volume PHP implementations in this panel discussion featuring industry experts from the PHP UK Conference 2012. Gain insights into building large-scale applications, scaling strategies, and infrastructure decisions from professionals at eBay, Facebook, and Twitter. Delve into topics such as PHP sessions, threading, asynchronous programming, and overcoming scaling challenges. Learn about hiring practices, system testing, performance optimization, and debugging techniques for PHP at scale. Discover key recommendations for implementing service-oriented architectures and effectively managing communication in large development teams.

Intro
Questions
Is PHP appropriate to build largescale apps
Ebay
Facebook
Twitter
PHP Sessions
Adding another cookie
Scaling
Threading
Async
Biggest challenge
Which way round
Scaling PHP
ORM Cash
Infrastructure
How do you make that decision
Hiring
Breaking the system
If I break something is somebody gonna die
Communication
Testing
Training
Performance testing
Serviceoriented architecture
Debugging issues
Key recommendations