There are a number of hands on sessions that are coming up in the next few weeks that deal with Flex and PHP together. Head to any of the following conferences to get more information, and hands on training, about building Flex applications powered by PHP.

First off, I'll be doing a session on Flex and PHP at the PHP Works Conference in Atlanta, on September 12th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. If you're attending the conference, or live in the area, and want to get a hands on intro to Flex and PHP, you'll want to register soon.

Next up, Renaun Erickson will be doing hands on sessions about Flex and PHP at Adobe MAX North America. I've signed up to be an assistant at those sessions, so you'll have a lot of Flex and PHP experience at those sessions.

Finally, I'm doing a set of hands on sessions at Adobe MAX Europe. The sessions run from the 15th to the 17th in Barcelona, Spain. If you're in Europe and want hands on training for PHP and Flex, that's your best option. If you can't make it there, I'll be speaking at the Flex London User Group with James Ward on October 10th, and at a PHP event in Paris on the 11th of October.

Word from Seattle that the Seattle Flex User Group has teamed up with a local charity, Washington state's Northwest Harvest, to build a Flex application for their new website. If you're interested in volunteering for this great event, you'll need to get to Seattle for the 360|Flex conference in August.

Northwest Harvest is Washington's only statewide hunger relieft agency, providing free food to a about 300 food banks and meal programs. Working at the 360|Flex conference, and in partnership with Seattle based RedClay Interactive Agency, the team hopes to complete the Flex application in only 36 hours. The source code to the application will be released with an open source license, so other food banks across the country can leverage it.