Tuesday, March 18, 2008

We are now officially PHP User Group Philippines, Inc.!

After all our best efforts, our organization is now officially recognized as PHP User Group Philippines, Inc.

PHPUGPH is a non-profit organization established to provide support for LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) and open-source enthusiasts in the Philippines. It is founded by Allan Joseph Batac on January 2001.


Vision:
  • To promote and support the development and use of PHP as well as Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for web-based and related applications.
Mission:
  • To advocate and disseminate the use of PHP (Hypertext Pre-processor) as well as Open Source technologies in schools and companies in the Philippines
  • To provide help & support for the Filipino PHP developer
  • To instill camaraderie & sense of responsibility among its members
  • Push PHP in the enterprise as the primary scripting language
Last year, PHPUGPH held the first ever PHP Developer's Conference in the Philippines - PHP Everywhere! Conference 2007. This is in follow-up with last Aprils successful event, a gathering of professional LAMP developers, web freelancers and companies utilizing OSS (Open-Source Software) technologies for enterprise use.

Join us now and be part of our community! ^_^

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