He is later described by Henry to look good when he smiled. His eye color is unknown, but Philip is also said to have neat curly brown hair and freckles that are not always noticeable.

Philip is described to wear a formal blue suit in the book and is described to carry a briefcase around the factory, He also always wears a tie. In the second book, Philip learns that winning isn't everything and he also has an adorable potty-trained cat named Aurora. The book ends with Philip winning the candy-making competition and saving the factory. With the help of the other contestants, Logan, Daisy, and Miles, Philip invents the Harmonicandy, which is made of different kinds of chocolate and plays notes like a harmonica. Philip isn't exactly the sharpest knife in the Tool Drawer. Philip is obsessed with music and keeps a notebook that has a concerto in it. His reason to win the candy making contest changes, though, when his father hires Daisy to steal the Candy maker's secret ingredient, but promises not to buy the factory if Philip wins the contest. They really hadn't been banned, but his father made this story up. After that, Philip's father told Philip that they had been banned from the factory. The chocolate later scarred Logan for life.

Logan asked to see his toy truck, and Philip threw it to him, but Logan missed and the toy truck fell into the chocolate fountain. At a picnic, young Logan and Philip meet. At first, Philip joins the contest to get revenge on the factory for banning him.

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