--- title: Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest | daily.dev description: A coding contest called the PHP on Azure Contest, run by the PHP Benelux User Group with Microsoft support, invites developers to build an application on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest | daily.dev og:description: A coding contest called the PHP on Azure Contest, run by the PHP Benelux User Group with Microsoft support, invites developers to build an application on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4Sm5zbMYv.png og:image:alt: Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A coding contest called the PHP on Azure Contest, run by the PHP Benelux User Group with Microsoft support, invites developers to build an application on Windows Azure and blog about their experience from February 1 to May 15, 2011. Prizes include a trip to MIX2012 in Las Vegas, a Windows Phone 7, and a prize for the top blogger. Winners are announced at the Dutch PHP Conference 2011 in Amsterdam. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Contribute to the State of PHP Survey](https://daily.dev/posts/contribute-to-the-state-of-php-survey-tjnoxsa99) · JetBrains · 29 upvotes · 5 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:05:18.963Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:08:10.952Z","description":"A coding contest called the PHP on Azure Contest, run by the PHP Benelux User Group with Microsoft support, invites developers to build an application on...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cdf452cef34ea94cc8eccb9e5cff393c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cdf452cef34ea94cc8eccb9e5cff393c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Maarten Balliauw","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Maarten Balliauw","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--rOTg3VYO--/f_auto,q_auto/v1791119043/logos/maartenballiauw?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-php-on-azure-contest-4sm5zbmyv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cloud,azure,php","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maarten Balliauw","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introducing the PHP on Azure Contest"}]} ```