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We want to welcome a new member of The PHP Foundation Governing Board: Anne McCarthy from Automattic. Anne brings a balanced mix of thoughtful empathy and deep technical knowledge and will bring tremendous insight to the Board! thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0...
Anne McCarthy Joins The PHP Foundation Board
Announcement about the addition of Anne McCarthy to the Foundation Board.
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If you want to help newcomers to the PHP language, our latest Special Interest Group might be just the thing for you. Announcing the PHP Onboarding Initiative! thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0... #php #newcomerexperience #mentorship
Kicking off the PHP Onboarding Initiative Special Interest Group
Announcement about the launch of the PHP Onboarding Initiative.
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In an effort to increase transparency about the things we work on, we are happy to start sharing quarterly progress reports with the community. 🚀 Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0... #php #phpfoundation
Quarterly Progress Report - Q2 2026
A report of Foundation contractor activities in Q2 of 2026.
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To further prioritize the handling of security reports for the PHP language, we are thrilled to add @alexdaubois.bsky.social as a part-time addition to our team of contractors. Alex brings a wealth of experience. Welcome, Alex! thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0...
Welcoming Alexandre Daubois to The PHP Foundation
Alexandre Daubois joins The PHP Foundation as a part-time security contractor.
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Welcome TYPO3 as a Silver Sponsor! PHP has been the foundation of TYPO3 for 20 years, & through their support, TYPO3 helps strengthen the security, stability, & continued development of PHP. We also welcome TYPO3’s perspective on the Advisory Board!
In our latest blog post, Foundation contractor Shivam Mathur digs into the details and importance of providing support for PHP builds on Windows. 🚀 thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0... #php #phpc #windows
Maintaining PHP Build infrastructure for Windows: Tooling for builds and security updates
Information about the criticality and details of providing support for PHP builds on Windows.
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If you're curious about what our Ecosystem Security Team has been up to the past month, you're in luck! Volker Dusch has provided an update in our recent blog post. thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0... #php #phpc #phpsecurity
You can now join the PHP Ambassador Program if you want to help improve the perception of PHP in spaces outside our bubble. Help us help the community tell the real story of modern PHP development! #php #phpc Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0...
#php insights from the Executive Director of @thephpf.bsky.social - on community and the future as PHP celebrates it's 31st birthday. developer.vonage.com/en/blog/an-i...
An Interview with the Executive Director of The PHP Foundation
Hear about the future of PHP, as it hits 31 years old, from the Executive Director of the PHP Foundation in this interview.
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Building a more accessible PHP ecosystem is something we care a great deal about. We are honored to share this post from guest blogger @menelion.bsky.social about being a visually impaired PHP developer, learning and coding in PHP. 💙 #php #accessibility #phpc thephp.foundation/blog/2026/06...
PHP Through a Screen Reader: Small Syntax Choices That Matter
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If you're curious about the plans we have for the rest of 2026, you're in luck! Learn about our planned Special Interest Groups and other ways you can get involved to help PHP thrive. It's going to be an exciting year! 🚀🐘💙 #php #phpcommunity thephp.foundation/blog/2026/06...
Integrating Community Feedback into Foundation Strategy Part 2
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In case you missed it, we launched our first State of PHP survey together with @phpstorm.jetbrains.com (a JetBrains IDE.) This initiative aims to build a clearer picture of today’s PHP ecosystem. Take the survey and help us map the herd! 👉 thephp.foundation/blog/2026/06... #StateOfPHP #phpcommunity
Help Shape the Future of PHP: Take the State of PHP Survey
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Are you able to join us at #PHPverse on June 9? Join our Executive Director & keynoter Elizabeth Barron, along with a fantastic lineup of expert speakers (including Board member @naderman.de). A free virtual event that you won't want to miss! thephp.foundation/blog/2026/05... #php #phpverse2026
The PHP Foundation’s Elizabeth Barron to keynote JetBrains PHPverse 2026
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Today we published our Impact and Transparency Report for 2025. We are incredibly grateful for our sponsors, partners, contractors, & individual financial contributors for without them, none of our work would be possible. thephp.foundation/blog/2026/05... #php #opensource
The PHP Foundation Impact and Transparency Report 2025
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Announcing the Ecosystem Security Team at The PHP Foundation! Thanks to a grant from Alpha-Omega at @linuxfoundation.org, this effort will improve security across the entire PHP ecosystem. The amazing @edorian.bsky.social will be filling this role.✨ thephp.foundation/blog/2026/05... #php #security
Announcing the Ecosystem Security Team at The PHP Foundation
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Open infrastructure isn't free. 🌱 Packagist/Composer signed a joint @openssf.org letter with PyPI, crates, Maven, CPAN, etc on real cost of running package registries. #php #phpc #composerphp #softwaresupplychain #PreserveOpenSource #FreeSoftwareIsntFree #OpenSource #Sustainability
OpenSSF@openssf.org · 3mo agoOpen Infrastructure Is Not Free Part II 10 trillion open source package downloads in 2026. Still running on donations and volunteers. AI is accelerating attacks. The Sustaining Package Registries WG is here to help. openssf.org/blog/2026/05... #PreserveOpenSource
Our Executive Director, Elizabeth Barron, has been listening to your feedback about the PHP ecosystem to help inform The PHP Foundation's 2026-2027 strategy. She shares what she's learned in our latest blog post. Exciting opportunities await! ✨ 🚀 thephp.foundation/blog/2026/04... #php #phpcommunity
Integrating Community Feedback into Foundation Strategy Part 1
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We now have a Foundation channel on the phpc Discord to make it easier to interact with us 🎉 This was a collaborative effort with the phpc mods, as we didn't want to potentially further fragment any community channels. You can find a link to the phpc Discord here phpc.chat. Come say hi! #phpc #php
PHP Community Chat
Join us in one of the PHP Community chat channels!
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We are very happy to welcome Matt Stauffer as the newest Board member for The PHP Foundation! Matt brings decades of experience and we are grateful for his insight as we move forward. Welcome, Matt! 🤩 🐘 🚀 Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2026/03... #php #thephpfoundation #phpc
Welcoming Matt Stauffer to The PHP Foundation Board
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For those who don't know our new Executive Director, Elizabeth Barron, she's written an introductory post on The PHP Foundation Blog that shares a bit about her background, her vision for the future, and how you can share your own PHP thoughts with her. #php #phpc thephp.foundation/blog/2026/03...
Working Together on the Future of PHP
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We’re excited to welcome Elizabeth Barron as the new Executive Director of The PHP Foundation! 🐘 💜 Elizabeth brings PHP community roots, open-source governance experience from GitHub & CHAOSS, and a passion for making PHP thrive for decades to come. thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02... #php #phpc
Welcoming Elizabeth Barron as the New Executive Director of The PHP Foundation
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🏆 Welcome team.blue as a Gold Sponsor of the PHP Foundation! PHP powers major parts of team.blue’s hosting + WordPress ecosystem, and this sponsorship helps keep PHP secure, stable, and moving forward!press.team.blue/259920-team-...n/
team.blue becomes a Sponsor of the PHP Foundation
team.blue announces its commitment as a Gold Sponsor of the PHP Foundation starting from January 2026, supporting one of the world's most widely used programming languages.
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Proud to announce we just renewed our annual $18,000 sponsorship for the The PHP Foundation! Check out this summary on the work completed in 2025. So much more could be accomplished, if all businesses using PHP contributed. Sign up as a sponsor and help moving PHP forward!
The PHP Foundation@thephpf.bsky.social · 8mo agoThanks to our sponsors for supporting The PHP Foundation in 2025! Together we helped ship PHP 8.5, released PIE 1.0, supported FrankenPHP, launched the PHP MCP SDK, secured a 2nd STA investment for Streams, and much more. Please consider sponsoring PHP in 2026 🙏💜 thephp.foundation/blog/2025/12...
Thanks to our sponsors for supporting The PHP Foundation in 2025! Together we helped ship PHP 8.5, released PIE 1.0, supported FrankenPHP, launched the PHP MCP SDK, secured a 2nd STA investment for Streams, and much more. Please consider sponsoring PHP in 2026 🙏💜 thephp.foundation/blog/2025/12...
Thank you for supporting The PHP Foundation in 2025! Can we count on you in 2026?
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After Composer 2.9 CLI security improvements, we're working on a transparency log for Packagist to strengthen PHP supply chain security, funded by the @sovereign.tech with help of the @thephpf.bsky.social and Private Packagist. Details at blog.packagist.com/strengthenin... #php #phpc #composerphp
Strengthening PHP Supply Chain Security with a Transparency Log for Packagist.org
The release of Composer 2.9 this week introduced new security features on the Composer CLI client, which were funded by Private Packagist through service subscriptions. But in parallel, we are working...
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The PHP Foundation is Seeking a New Executive Director! 🐘💜 We're asking the PHP community to help find the right person for this role. If you know someone who would be an excellent fit, please encourage them to apply or reach out to us directly. thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11... #phpc #php
The PHP Foundation is Seeking a New Executive Director
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The results are in! The winner of the PHP 8.5 Release Page Design Contest is Nuno Guerra 🏆🎉 Big thanks to everyone who submitted their ideas, and to PhpStorm and Rector for sponsoring the prizes 🙌 See the full results and next steps: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11...
PHP Streams are getting a long-awaited upgrade 🚀 Thanks to an investment from Germany's @sovereign.tech the PHP Foundation is improving async I/O, error handling, networking, and TLS for modern workloads. Read more: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10...
Evolving PHP Streams for Async, Security, and Performance
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