PHP & Databases: How MySQL can boost (or kill) your PHP application

We are excited to announce our first virtual Meetup and are looking forward to re-connecting with everyone during these strange times!

We will resume in-person meetups as soon as it's practical, until then please join us on Slack! https://phpcambridge.slack.com/

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We extend a warm welcome Federico Razzoli, who would have been our speaker in March, had the event taken place.

How MySQL can boost (or kill) your PHP application

The database is typically the most critical part of a system. It is responsible for storing data, guaranteeing consistency, and retrieving desired information.

And it is very tempting to just hope that this will magically happen, without the need of thinking about what the DBMS needs to do.

Unfortunately, in practice, when an application is slow the culprit is the database.

This talk is about how to make your MySQL queries fast, how to design proper indexes, how to trade-off reliability for performance (or the other way around), and how to take advantage of some useful MySQL features.

Federico is an open-source database consultant, specialised in the MySQL ecosystem. After working in some fast-growing companies as a DBA and in some consultancy companies, he decided to be a freelance. Now he helps companies with training, performance tuning, database monitoring, automation, and so on.

https://federico-razzoli.com/

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We're meeting at 7:00pm for a 7:15pm start. Please RSVP to get access to the Zoom webinar link.

We're running the event as a webinar. A Q&A is available so please do ask questions. We will be recording the talk which we plan to share with the PHP Cambridge community after the event.

The event is supported by local digital design and technology agency Studio 24.

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Schedule:

Initial Meeting and Introduction
7:00pm - 7:15pm

Main Talk - How MySQL can boost (or kill) your PHP application
by Federico Razzoli
7:15pm - 8:15pm

Social Catch Up & Close
9pm

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If you do have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact Simon, Jo or John through the Meetup site.