February 25-27, 2026
Montreal, Canada

Writing Testable PHP Code In An Uncaring World

It's a tough time to be someone who cares about writing code that you can test. Your boss? They want to replace you with someone cheaper and an LLM. Your teammates? They just want to close out some tickets and go home. The end users? They don't care, they just want it to work. In this talk I will show you what things look like in 2025 when you want to write testable PHP code.

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Chris Hartjes

Ziff Davis Shopping

Long-time PHP developer who has spent many years helping to teach PHP developers how to get better at testing their PHP applications.

I currently work for ZiffDavis Shopping building global shopping loyalty infrastructure using a mix of PHP, Python, good testing practices, and design patterns.

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