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In order to be considered for the PHP position, you must complete the following task.

Note: This task should take no longer than 1-3 hours at the most.

• Experience with PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, Fuel, Zend, Yii, etc.)
• Understanding of CSS frameworks and grid systems (Bootstrap, Pure, etc.)
• Database knowledge (MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, etc.)

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a source folder to contain your code.
3. In the source directory, please create a PHP web application using a framework (Laravel, Symfony, Fuel, Zend, Yii, etc.)
4. Your application should accomplish the following:

• Connect to the Github API
• Find the joyent/node repository
• Find the 25 most recent commits
• Create a model and store the 25 most recent commits in the database. Make sure to avoid any duplicates.
• Create a basic template and utilize a CSS framework (Bootstrap, Pure, etc.)
• Create a route and view which displays the recent commits by author from the database.
• If the commit hash ends in a number, color that row light blue (#E6F1F6).

1. Create a SETUP.md in the base directory with setup instructions.
2. Send us a pull request, we will review your code and get back to you

• Demonstration of core MVC patterns
• Quality commit history
• Ability to use libraries
• Ability to create basic model and retrieve information from the databse

While not required any of the following will add some major bonus points to your submission:

• Setup an asset pipeline with Gulp, Grunt, etc.
• Use Angular
• Use Bower
• Use Composer
• Utilize a vagrant box
• Create a set of provsioning scripts with Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.