# PHP Advent 2009


By Ben Ramsey

Published on December 18, 2009


_Six years ago, I became aware of the PHP community. I joined it three years prior to that._

I'm privileged to be a part of the 2009 edition of [PHP Advent](https://web.archive.org/web/20100101190632/http://phpadvent.org/2009). This year, [my post is about the PHP community](https://web.archive.org/web/20100212054749/http://phpadvent.org/2009/phps-not-just-a-language-by-ben-ramsey). If you have any comments, feel free to leave them here.