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Rasmus Lerdorf today posted instructions for testing the upcoming PHP 5.4 release.

Running the PHP tests and submitting the associated report will help the PHP team get PHP 5.4 ready faster as it gives them reports of failed tests from a variety of platforms.

I just did this today for the first time and can tell you that it is very easy. Following are the steps that Rasmus outlined, in a bit more detail.

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking at php|tek in Chicago.

As usual there were a few great talks, a good crowd of new folk and a selection of established speakers all at the event and I had a great time.

This year, there was one particular highlight that I wanted to share: the hackathon.

Michelangelo van Dam has posted some of his experiences at this year's TestFest organized by the PHPBelgium group.

Bogdan Albei has a new post today looking at a development environment he's set up and considers one of the "perfect" ways to do it - a virtualized environment that lets you test in your deployment environment despite what OS you currently run.