After announcing Derick Rethans as the most requested PHP Guru in the Call for Ideas for the Dutch PHP Conference, we are now announcing the most requested topic: PHP6 (and, if not released by the time of the conference, the upcoming PHP 5.3 release).

The talk will not only cover the new features of PHP6, but also addresses what you can do in your apps right now, to smooth the transition later. In other words, tips 'n tricks to keep your code 'portable' across versions.

We launched the Dutch PHP Conference 2008 last week and already received a lot of ideas to complete the program. Among them suggestions for talks about Zend Studio for Eclipse and new features of PHP 5.3. And of course many people want to see their favourite PHP guru talk.

Most popular at the moment is Derick Rethans. Last year he presented the closing keynote about Test-driven development. And although he had a bad cough, his talk was very much appreciated and many want him on the program again. As we said, the wish of the community is our command for the open slots in the schedule, so we contacted Derick.