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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

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
Blog

PHP 8.3: What's New and What Changed

PHP 8.3 released on November 23, 2023. Our expert breaks down what's new, what changed, and particular features developers should be aware of.
PHP Development
Blog

WordPress PHP Support: The State of WordPress PHP Compatibility

Have questions on WordPress PHP support? Get answers in this blog from our expert, including the outlook for when teams can expect WordPress PHP 8 support.
PHP Development
Blog

Introducing JobQueue for ZendPHP

Get an overview of PHP job queueing, including commonly used tools, and ZendPHP JobQueue — a new tool that can help make PHP queueing easier than ever before.
PHP Development
Blog

Cloud Orchestration: Basics for PHP Applications

Cloud orchestration automates the management of workloads on private and public clouds, streamlining connections and operations to be scalable, repeatable, and cost-effective. Learn more in this overview.
AWS