Andrew Caya discovered his passion for computers at the age of 11 and started programming in GW-BASIC and QBASIC in the early 90s. He earned a master’s degree in Information Science and Master's Short Programme in Public Administration. After doing some software development in C, C++, and Perl, and some Linux system administration, he became a PHP developer more than 7 years ago. He is also a Zend Certified PHP Engineer and a Zend Certified Architect.

He is the creator of Linux for PHP, a lightweight, Docker-based, custom Linux project that allows PHP developers to easily compile and use recent versions of PHP in a variety of ways. He is also the lead developer of a popular Joomla extension and has the great pleasure of contributing code to many open source projects.

He is currently a professional contract programmer in Montreal, Canada, a technical reviewer for Packt Publishing, and a loving husband, and father.