http://phpusergroups.org/ Registered here, there are 192 PHP user groups in 52 countries. There are particularly active groups in: Germany (http://phpug.de/) San Diego (http://sdphp.net/) Arizona (http://azphp.org/) Chicago (http://chiphpug.php.net/) Vancouver (http://vancouver.php.net/) Also, "International PHP Meetup Day" is every 1st Thursday of the month. People can sign up at http://php.meetup.com/ to find local gatherings of PHP users.