Announcing the Apache Solr extension in PHP

About israelekpo

Approximately 7 years ago, Israel Ekpo, originally a Biology and Chemistry double-major, fell in love with the computer applications, especially the web-based and data-driven ones, and the mechanisms responsible for their functionality. This love and curiosity for computers gradually overshadowed his love for Chemistry, Physics and Biology. He eventually found himself spending more time reading books on computer programming, database design, network security and web applications development than he did with his main degree program. This eventually resulted in a change in his degree program to Computer Information Systems. He has been in love with PHP for about 5 years now. He founded his first Web Development firm PerfectVista Technologies, Inc. where he also works as a freelance technical consultant with concentrations in Web Applications. In April 2006, Israel became the first Web Applications Developer from Miami-Dade County to become a Zend Certified Engineer. Later that year, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida to work for World Avenue, the leading Internet Marketing Firm in the country, as a Web Applications Developer.


Later last year, he changed his name from Okon Ekpo to Israel Ekpo. The primary reason behind this being the spiritual significance of the word Okon. He enjoys working with Open Source tools like Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Besides English and his native Nigerian language Ibibio, Israel also speaks and writes fluently in PHP.