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Matthew Weier O’Phinney

Principal Product Manager

Matthew Weier O’Phinney is the Principal Product Manager at Perforce Zend and OpenLogic, where he focuses on creating the tools developers need to build and deploy their applications. He is a founding member of the PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG), which creates and promotes standards for the PHP ecosystem, where he has served two elected terms on the PHP-FIG Core Committee and collaborated on many specifications. 

Matthew began developing on Zend Framework (ZF) before its public release, and he led the project for Zend from 2009 through 2019. He acts as the Project Lead for the Laminas Project, which includes the subprojects Laminas API Tools (formerly Apigility) and Mezzio (formerly Expressive). He has contributed to many open source projects and communities, many of which can be found on github and his personal website.

Latest Content from Matthew Weier O’Phinney

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A Guide to PHP 8.4 Property Hooks

PHP 8.4 property hooks represent an exciting leap forward for PHP. Our expert walks through why property hooks matter and explains how to use them in your code.
PHP Development
Blog

What’s New in PHP 8.4: Features and Changes

PHP 8.4 has officially arrived. Learn more about the new PHP 8.4 features, deprecations, and changes in this latest version from the Zend PHP experts.
PHP Development
Blog

How to Migrate Zend Server to ZendPHP

Migrating from Zend Server to ZendPHP? The ZendPHP Ansible Playbook can help to provision ZendPHP and deploy applications using existing processes at scale. Learn how in this step-by-step guide.
Zend Server, Migration
Blog

PHP Community Support Lifecycle Changes: What Do They Mean for Your Team?

The PHP release cycle has followed the same cadence for over a decade, but changes are coming in 2024. Learn more about the upcoming PHP lifecycle changes and what they mean for your team.
PHP Development
Blog

PHP 8.0 EOL Is Here: What Now?

PHP 8 EOL is here. Get tips on PHP 8.0 migration paths, considerations, and how to get security patches if you're still on PHP 8 EOL.
PHP Development
Blog

Exploring New ZendHQ Role-Based Authentication Features

Get a deep-dive on the new ZendHQ role-based authentication features, including a walk through on how to administer permissions, and how those permissions effect usage of ZendHQ.
Debugging, Productivity
Blog

How to Use Apache HTTPD With php-fpm and mod_php

Get details on how to use Apache HTTPD with mod_php and PHP-FPM, and when to use each option, in this blog from our expert.
PHP Development
Blog

Exploring ZendHQ Database Query Introspection

Introducing ZendHQ database query introspection, making it easier than ever to find and fix performance and functionality issues with databases in your PHP application.
PHP Development
Blog

Upgrade PHP 8.0: Paths and Considerations

Need to upgrade off PHP 8.0? Get an overview of upgrade paths and considerations, including considerations for upgrading from PHP 8.0 to 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3.
Modernization