We support, promote, and advance the PHP language. 💜🐘 #ThePHPFoundation Donate at opencollective.com/phpfounda…
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We’re happy and proud to announce the creation of The PHP Foundation – a non-profit organization to support, promote, and advance the PHP language 🎉
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PHP 8.3 Released! 💜
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The results are in!
The winner of the PHP 8.5 Release Page Design Contest is @nunowar 🏆🎉
Big thanks to everyone who submitted their ideas, and to @phpstorm and @rectorphp for sponsoring the prizes 🙌
See the full results and next steps:
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In 2025, @Automattic, a founding member of The PHP Foundation, is increasing its contribution to $250,000—a 2.5x increase!
We are very grateful for their ongoing support and firm commitment to the PHP community.
Thank you, @Automattic and @WordPress!
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PHP 8.4 is Now Released!
🔹 Property hooks
🔹 Asymmetric visibility
🔹 New DOM features and HTML5 support
🔹 Object API for BCMath
🔹 new MyClass()->method() without parentheses
and a whole lot more!
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Big news for the PHP community: we kicked off work on the official PHP MCP SDK!
Built in partnership with @AnthropicAI MCP team + @Symfony team, this SDK will be framework-agnostic, production-ready, and open to the whole PHP ecosystem.
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Happy birthday, PHP! 💜🐘🎉
Happy birthday, @official_php! Cheers to the amazing community of PHP developers for all the years of commitment!
We'd love to hear about the features of PHP that are pivotal in your daily coding life – share them down below. #PHP29
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FrankenPHP is now officially supported by The PHP Foundation
The project repository will be moved to the @official_php organisation on GitHub.
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We’ve just updated the downloads page on @official_php website.
Would love your feedback to help make it better!🙏
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Announcing the pre-release of the PHP Installer for Extensions (PIE) 🎉
Think of it as Composer for PHP extensions: they’re distributed via @packagist and handled similar to regular PHP packages.
Check it out and share your feedback 🐘💜
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PHP Foundation Update, March 2022
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Our initial group of sponsored core developers started today!
Please welcome @arnaud_lb, @derickr, @Girgias, @IlijaTovilo, @kocsismate90, Jakub Zelenka 🎉
We can't wait to see what they do.
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We've been discussing the future of PECL and its website – the current tools for installing PHP extensions.
The code is old and hard to maintain. And we want to bring a more modern method of installing things.
📝 @derickr is kicking off with a requirements document:
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Say goodbye to parse_url() headaches! 🥳
PHP 8.5 is introducing a new URI Extension with standards-compliant (RFC 3986 & WHATWG) and secure URL parsing. It provides a clean API and lets you easily modify URI components.
Learn more 👇
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📢 We just published a deep dive on compile-time-only generics and we need your feedback!
This isn’t "full generics". It’s a scoped, performance-friendly approach focused on interfaces and abstract classes.
Is this the right direction for PHP?
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The PHP Foundation turns 1 today! Happy first anniversary! 🐘💜🎉
See what the Foundation has accomplished this year and get a sneak peek at its next-year goals in the Impact and Transparency Report 2022:
thephp.foundation/blog/2022/…
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Catch up on the progress and discussions made by the PHP Foundation team and contributors with the PHP 8.2 alpha releases, random number generator and type system improvements, as well as discussions on enhancements for PDO, short closures, Curl, and more
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The PHP Foundation Update, January 2022!
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Happy New Year PHP folks!
We have now closed the form for the first round of applications and are planning the team. More details are coming soon, so stay tuned.
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Big day for @laravelphp, one of the founding members of The PHP Foundation!
Congratulations to @taylorotwell and the team 🎉
I'm excited to announce that Laravel has raised a $57M Series A in partnership with Accel.
I believe that Laravel is the most productive way to build full-stack web applications, and Laravel Cloud will be the platform for shipping those applications that this community deserves.
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Redesign @official_php? We hear you. Let’s start small and ship something great: a refreshed PHP 8.5 release page!
Submit your mockups or prototypes and win $1,000 🏆
🗓 Deadline: Oct 22
👉 Details: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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The German government-backed @sovtechfund invests in the PHP Foundation to enhance the language and its infrastructure. In fact, all four projects are in full swing already.
Thank you, Sovereign Tech Fund! 💜
We're working with @ThePHPF to invest in the long-term sustainability & security of the @official_php ecosystem. sovereigntechfund.de/tech/ph… 1/2
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We are hiring engineers to develop the PHP language.
📅 Application deadline: September 30, 2023
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Property hooks are coming in PHP 8.4! ✨
It took more than two years of discussions, design, development, and many challenges to make it happen.
Read the full behind-the-scenes story from one of the co-authors, @Crell , here:
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🗳️ Voting for the PHP 8.5 Release Page Contest is live!
Check out the shortlisted designs and vote for your favorite with 👍 on GitHub:
github.com/php/web-php/issue…
Voting closes Nov 2 — winner announced Nov 4 💜
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PHP Roundup #1
We're going to share regular updates with you about the improvements made to PHP by the PHP Foundation and other contributors!
Check out the first post brought to you by @ayeshlive
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The ninth edition of PHP Core Roundup is jam-packed with new developments in PHP, info about PHP 8.2, and all RFC proposals, discussions, and votes for the upcoming PHP 8.3.
Check what the PHP core contributors have been up to during the past month 👉
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PHP Streams are getting a long-awaited upgrade 🚀
Thanks to an investment from Germany's @sovtechagency, the PHP Foundation is improving async I/O, error handling, networking, and TLS for modern workloads.
Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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The PHP Foundation is looking for developers to join the team and work on the PHP language.
Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply here 👉 thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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We are already building our website with PHP 8.3 🫡
github.com/ThePHPF/thephp.fo…
Have you upgraded too?
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The work on the new tool for installing PHP extensions is in full swing.
We had a productive meeting at @SymfonyCon, and online calls with @derickr, @seldaek, @naderman, @alcaeus, @nicolasgrekas, @asgrim.
See the updated requirements document 👉docs.google.com/document/d/1…
We've been discussing the future of PECL and its website – the current tools for installing PHP extensions.
The code is old and hard to maintain. And we want to bring a more modern method of installing things.
📝 @derickr is kicking off with a requirements document:
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Ryan Weaver, a prominent member of the community, is battling cancer, and he's asking for our love and support. Please, if you're able to, make a donation:
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The PHP Foundation Calls for Sponsors! 🙏
We’ve got an opportunity for you to make a real impact on the PHP ecosystem.
Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2024/…
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Curious about the current state of Generics in PHP?
This article provides the most comprehensive answer to date!
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Be sure to check out the open questions at the end, as your input could help guide the next steps.
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In June, 9 financial contributors joined (@MolliePayments, +8) - you are the best! 🙌
We received $30,571 from 559 financial contributors and we spent $20,156. Our current balance is $470,381.
Top financial contributors: @jetbrains, @acquia, @photomatt
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The PHP Foundation Team Update 2024
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Give a big shout-out to our new teammates:
@devnexen
@asgrim
@SakiTakamachi
@meShivamMathur
Can't wait to see the amazing stuff we'll pull off together!
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The April 2022 PHP Foundation Update is out!
It's been a month since the PHP Foundation began to fully deliver on its 2022 goal of hiring developers to work on the PHP core.
Learn more 👉 thephp.foundation/blog/2022/…
#php #phpc
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PHP Core Roundup #2 💜
Check all the latest updates on PHP language development!
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Congrats to the @official_php and all contributors on the PHP 8.2 release! 🎉 Thank you for your hard work and dedication to making PHP even better.
Special shout-out to @thephpf crew @kocsismate90,
@derickr, @IlijaTovilo,@Girgias,@arnaud_lb, Jakub for their contributions.💜🐘
🎉 PHP 8.2.0 has been released!
🐘 Find out all about it @ php.net/releases/8.2/
📇 The full ChangeLog is at php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.2.…
💙 Thanks to everyone involved in this release.
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Hey folks! We received a suggestion on our forum about creating quality video courses on PHP. 🎓
While this is out of our scope for now, what are some good video courses you recommend for learning modern PHP?
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To everyone in the PHP community, we wish you a joyful holiday season filled with warmth, happiness, and a well-deserved break. Thank you for your support, passion, and commitment to PHP.
Here’s to a wonderful 2025! 🥂
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That was a wrap for #PHP 8.2 RFCs with a new "Random" extension and constant expressions with Enum properties, now that we reached the feature-freeze for PHP 8.2!
Catch up on what's new and being changed for PHP engine on this month's PHP Core Roundup:
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The official MCP blog also covered the new PHP SDK 👉
blog.modelcontextprotocol.io…
If you’d like to support the project, please give the repo a ⭐️ It really helps PHP visibility:
github.com/modelcontextproto…
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In 2024, @sovtechfund commissioned four projects for @official_php. We are happy to announce the successful completion of the first project 🎉
Web Services Tool (WST) – a command-line tool developed to test PHP-FPM across different configurations and under production-like loads.
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The PHP Foundation: Impact and Transparency Report 2023
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We are pleased to announce the completion of security audit of PHP core!
Executed by @quarkslab in partnership with @OSTIFofficial and commissioned by the @sovtechagency.
Learn more: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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🚨 Joe Watkins @krakjoe, a pillar of the PHP community and one of the creators of @ThePHPF, needs help!
After battling severe health issues, he's facing homelessness & loss of life-saving meds. Please donate if you can and help reshare ❤️🩹
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Fresh Update from The PHP Foundation! 💜🐘
Nov '23 highlights:
🔷 Team growth in 2024
🔷 Forthcoming security audit
🔷 Partnership with @sovtechfund
🔷 Success of the Advisory Board
🔷 Big shout-out to our sponsors & community!
Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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Joe Watkins @krakjoe is joining the PHP Foundation as a contractor for the rest of 2025!
Joe is a long-time PHP core contributor, creator of parallel and PCOV extensions, and recently released ORT – a blazing-fast ONNX runtime for PHP.
👉 thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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⏰ Last call!
We’re wrapping up the PHP 8.5 release page design contest, this is your last chance to take part 👉
Redesign @official_php? We hear you. Let’s start small and ship something great: a refreshed PHP 8.5 release page!
Submit your mockups or prototypes and win $1,000 🏆
🗓 Deadline: Oct 22
👉 Details: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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We are merely three weeks away from PHP 8.2 GA release, and we already have changes implemented and being discussed for the next PHP version, PHP 8.3!
Take a look at what the PHP team has been working on lately 👉thephp.foundation/blog/2022/…
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The PHP Foundation, along with leading open source organizations such as @TheASF, @ThePSF, @rust_foundation, and @EclipseFND, is participating in a collaborative initiative to establish common cybersecurity standards aligned with the EU's CRA
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Folks, thanks for the feedback. Here's a thread to clarify things a bit 👉
@ramsey, @marcelpociot, @deleugyn
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PHP 8.2 Branch-out, New asymmetric visibility syntax for class properties, New json_validate function proposal, and more updates on PHP on this months PHP Core Roundup #5 💜
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Every modern business—whether they know it or not—relies on Open Source software, yet few give back. The PHP Foundation celebrates the #OpenSourcePledge, whose members have committed to correcting this imbalance. Together, we can build a stronger, more resilient OSS ecosystem. 🌱
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Recent RFCs, Merged PRs, Commits, and Documentation works for PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.3 – see what's PHP Core team has been up to lately in this month's PHP Core Roundup #6!
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The June 2022 PHP Foundation Update for sponsors is out! 💜🐘
Read about what the foundation’s developers have accomplished, new sponsors, and other ways to contribute to the foundation.
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Now that OpenAI supports MCP, it’s a great time to ship MCP tools in PHP with the official SDK!
Show it some love with a star ⭐ github.com/modelcontextproto…
We’ve (finally) added full support for MCP tools in ChatGPT.
In developer mode, developers can create connectors and use them in chat for write actions (not just search/fetch). Update Jira tickets, trigger Zapier workflows, or combine connectors for complex automations.
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Join the PHP Annotated stream this Friday to see our developer James @asgrim and operations manager Roman @pronskiy share insights about the new tool for installing PHP extensions 🥧
This Friday, I'll sit together with @pronskiy and @asgrim to talk about the upcoming new Pecl tool the PHP Foundation is working on. It'll be interesting, and you can ask questions in chat as well. So, be there!
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The PHP Foundation's 2024 Transparency & Impact Report is out! Learn about our work to support PHP's future.
Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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The PHP Foundation proudly supports the Open Source Pledge 🌟
Join us in building a sustainable future for PHP!
Learn more:
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The PHP Foundation application form for 2025 is now open
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Dive into the latest PHP Core Roundup #13!
Learn about the latest RFC debates, including proposals to add nameof(), #[Override], as well as discussion about Interface Properties and much more.
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The PHP Foundation is proud to be a Community Sponsor of @LaraconEU! 🎉
Meet our Executive Director, @pronskiy, and Board Member, Sebastian Bergmann, at the conference. Let’s connect and chat about shaping the future of PHP together.
See you in Amsterdam! ❌❌❌
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The PHP Foundation will be conducting an external security audit of the PHP source code. We invite community members to suggest areas where an external review would be most impactful.
🔗 externals.io/message/121135
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Key design updates:
- Using composer.json for requirements.
- Extension is a Composer package with `ext-php` type.
- For PoC, we'll use GitHub, but later we plan to use packagist.org as a registry.
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Interested in who the developers are that are sponsored by @ThePHPF and what they work on?
Find out in this interview by @s_bergmann!
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In August, 6 financial contributors joined (@dgcircus, +5) - you are the best! 🙌
We received $15,741 from 536 financial contributors and we spent $20,601. Our current balance is $459,386.
Top financial contributors: @jetbrains, @acquia, @photomatt
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February was full of new RFCs for the upcoming PHP 8.3, merged changes, security updates for PHP 8.2, 8.1, and 8.0, as well as several discussions in the mailing list about improving PHP.
Check out the most recent activities of the PHP core team 👉
thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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PHP Foundation Update, March 2023
Check out what the @ThePHPF community’s been up to recently:
🟣 Reports and updates are now quarterly
🟣 @GitHub Sponsors available
🟣 Advisory Board initiative
🟣 Meet Foundation members at @phpconference and @phptek
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Right now, we are working on a transparency report, renewing contracts, and establishing high-level goals for next year. We have a lot of exciting stuff to share soon, so please stay tuned!
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We’re thrilled to announce that @passbolt has joined the PHP Foundation as a Silver sponsor!
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Congratulations to @Girgias, a PHP core developer funded by The PHP Foundation, on being named in OpenUK’s 2025 New Year Honours List! 🎉
Happy New Year & congratulations to the UK-based open source software maintainers & open data leaders honoured in OpenUK's Honours List 25
See the full list openuk.uk/honours
#openukhonours #opendata #maintainers #opensource
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The eighth edition of the PHP Core Roundup is now published! 🐘💜
The release of PHP 8.2 has been pushed back to December 8. It's a good time to read about all the updates and changes discussed for the next PHP versions.
thephp.foundation/blog/2022/…
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Our PHP Core Roundup series is back!
Huge thanks to @Ayeshlive for reviving the series 💜
Check it out the new edition here: thephp.foundation/blog/2024/…
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📢 Dive into the latest PHP Core Roundup #16.
The end of the summer season is quiet for new RFCs, but updates to the PHP core remain active, including branching out the upcoming PHP 8.3 version, a recent RFC, and multiple fixes.
Read it here: thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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@symfony thank you for your contribution 🙏 – PHP Foundation is all of us!
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The PHP Foundation application form for 2026 is now open!
If you’re interested in contributing to PHP core development with Foundation support and meet the requirements, we encourage you to apply.
More details and the form here:
thephp.foundation/blog/2025/…
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Our first and most important goal was to hire part-time developers to maintain PHP. We hired 6 folks — **all** who applied for our call and had a proven track of contributions to the core. We tested the process, and now we are ready to move further.
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New on the PHP Foundation blog: We’re highlighting @ManychatHQ, a Silver sponsor helping us move PHP forward.
In their recent case study, they share how PHP helped them scale.
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We have added a Donate page to our website where you can find information and ways to support PHP development: thephp.foundation/donate/
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Yes! You can sponsor us with any amount. Every contribution truly makes a difference 🙏
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PHP Core Roundup #18 is now live 💜🐘
Explore updates on releases, 4 accepted RFCs, 5 in discussion, and other contributions from the PHP development team.
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We received quite a good amount in the first year, and we appreciate a lot all the companies and individuals who donated. The PHP community is incredible! 💜
And we're happy that so many big companies trusted us, such a new organization that @ThePHPF was in 2021/2022!
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The PHP Foundation has been honored with a 2022 @MLHacks Open Source Award in the Next Generation category!
We are incredibly grateful to the open-source community for this recognition, as well as to everyone who has helped make PHP what it is today!
news.mlh.io/the-php-foundati…
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Check out the latest updates in PHP development with the PHP Core Roundup #11, featuring new RFCs, discussions, and more! 🐘💜
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The form is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied or helped spread the word!
We've received numerous outstanding responses and have started reviewing the applications. We'll be reaching out to applicants throughout the month.
We are hiring engineers to develop the PHP language.
📅 Application deadline: September 30, 2023
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An interesting role just opened up with one of our sponsors!
Hello PHP Community 🐘
We’re looking for a Developer Enablement Engineer.
To shape onboarding, improve tooling UX, and keep developer experience above and beyond.
If you’ve got 3+ yrs of backend experience and care about DX, this may be your next challenge.
→ Apply here: grnh.se/11un8lqc2us
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📢 Fresh off the press! Dive into the latest PHP Core Roundup #14.
This edition covers updates to the PHP core, including the upcoming PHP 8.3 version and its feature freeze, insights into recent RFCs, and mailing list discussions.
Read it here: thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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@mentionme_share thank you for your contribution 🙏 – PHP Foundation is all of us!
opencollective.com/phpfounda…
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PHP Core Roundup #17 is now live 💜🐘
Explore updates on releases, RFC discussions, and contributions from the PHP development team.
thephp.foundation/blog/2023/…
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This will allow us to recreate reported issues more effectively and confidently provide updates.
Learn more: thephp.foundation/blog/2024/…
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