DaVid Sklar是Ning的一名軟件開發人員。在1996年發現PHP能夠滿足他編寫Web編程需要的時候，他創建瞭PX，這是一個可以讓PHP用戶交換程序的場所。此外，他還是《Learning PHP5》（O’Reilly）和《Essential PHP Tools》（Apress）的作者。

Adam Trachtenberg是eBay的一名技術講師，也是《upgrading to PHP5》（O’Reilly）的作者。他經常會在O’Reilly conference和LinuxWor’1d上發錶演講。他還擁有哥倫比亞大學商學院的MBA學位。

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