What we’re about
Welcome to the PHPDX Meetup/Users Group! (AKA PHP PDX) This group meets each month to sharpen skills, network with other PHP developers in the area, learn new ideas & technologies, laugh, and drink beer. We welcome speakers on topics within PHP and web development related. Ideas include Testing, tools, frameworks, databases, frontend tools/frameworks, software architecture, etc. If you're interested in speaking on a topic you are passionate about, please contact the meetup organizers with a brief description. We welcome your ideas and expertise.
Upcoming events
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PHPdx IN PERSON with MergePHP: Domain Driven PHP
·OnlineOnline2026 join us IN PERSON at the new time, 5:00pm Pacific. You can still join us ONLINE
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Agenda:
4:30 - Welcome mingle and setup
5:00 - Presentation
Presentation
In the modern PHP ecosystem, we often let frameworks dictate our application's architecture. We start with composer create-project and immediately begin molding our business logic to fit the constraints of a specific "Way." But what happens when the framework becomes a hurdle rather than a helper?
This session explores the Art of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) by stripping away the safety net of frameworks. We will start from a "naked" PHP environment, demonstrating how to build a robust, testable, and scalable application using only pure PHP and the principles of DDD. By focusing on Entities, Value Objects, Aggregates, and Domain Services without the noise of an ORM or a heavy container, you will learn to see your business logic as the primary citizen of your codebase.
Once we have established the "Pure Domain" foundation, we will pivot to the pragmatic reality of modern development: Integration. We will discuss how to take these framework-agnostic principles and safely "plug" them into popular frameworks like Laravel or Symfony. You’ll learn how to treat the framework as a replaceable infrastructure detail—leveraging its power for routing and delivery while keeping your core logic untainted and portable.
Presented by Chris Miller
Join us live on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@MergePHP/streams
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Want to present at MergePHP? Sign up to speak with the link below. Technical talks are appreciated! Make a note if it's a full-length or shorter lightning talk.
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- AtlantaPHP
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Speaker Signups: https://mphp.io/speakers
Suggest Speakers: https://mphp.io/suggest1 attendee
Past events
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