Disclaimer: This post covers at a very high level an approach I’m taking into a possible solution to a challenge I’m facing at work. It should in no way be deemed the end-all, be-all, de facto standard. In fact, I’d love to hear your alternative approaches in the comments below!
There are some things that are  not covered in this post, including:

How to install/compile/configure PHP, CodeIgniter, Doctrine, MySQL, or MongoDB.
The reasons why we are using a Relation Database and a Document-based Database. No really, don’t ask.
How to use the command-line features …

PHP-Tek 10 was organized by PHP Architect and Blue Parabola and held in Chicago, IL from May 18th – 21st this year. This was my first “PHP conference” and I was surprised with the breadth of related topics covered. The was allot of buzz in the air, but a few topics seemed to be very prominent, including the challenges of scalability, nosql and mongodb, hip-hop, application security, frameworks, and code testing and releasing management .

The PHP|Tek Conference is a little over a week away, and I’m excited about the opportunity to attend.  I’m also a little bummed that I’ll miss out on the Tutorial Day — specifically the session on “Converting Your MySQL App to NoSQL with MongoDB“. Can someone take notes for me? ;o)
Here are some of the sessions I’m looking forward to:

Large Scale Systems by David Strauss
Continuous Inspection and Integration of PHP Projects by Sebastian Bergmann
HipHop for PHP by Scott MacVicar
Lean Mean PHP Machine by Jason Austin

I’ll also be …