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PHP in South Africa - Does it exist?
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 2:27 am
by mooberry
I am a PHP programmer from South Africa, where practically every corporate is using Microsoft solutions for their interenet needs. I am curious to know whether there are any SA PHP developers around this forum, or whether anyone knows anything about PHP in this country?
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:12 am
by Wayne
Hi Mooberry,
I am a PHP developer from SA, but currently in London, yes Php does exist in SA.
There are lots of companies that are getting annoyed or cannot afford the high cost of the Windows Server software and licences and so are going open source, you've just got to look for them.
Good luck in the search to find one.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:12 am
by twigletmac
I'm a PHP developer, originally from SA but currently in the UK. There's a few people with SA listed as their location registered on the boards so PHP must exist there to a certain extent.
Mac
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:14 am
by twigletmac
Oh, and totally OT: where in SA are you guys from? I'm a 'vaalie although last place I lived was PE.
Mac
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:59 am
by Wayne
nice to know these things Mac, Im from Durban.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:21 am
by JPlush76
is South Africa a cool place to live?
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:37 am
by Wayne
while it may be a nice place to live, its certainly anything but cool in summer!

but Im sure its pretty much the same in LA.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:28 pm
by Liansky
Come to Cape Town. It's the best. I may love my country, but screw the rest of SA.
I was suprised at the number of South Africans on here. Usually the SA folk stay within the national boundaries as far as the internet is concerned. Are there anybody from Cape Town who's interested in starting a php information group. I just started on it about two days ago, and i'm still stuck with getting the damn thing to work for Christs sakes.
And yes, i was surprised at the number of firms operating with php, but i don't know if it's for development other than web pages. I see that companies mostly use php to start 'phorum' discussion groups about their companies. Now that's one lame idea...