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 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...

🗳️ 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/...

Voting closes Nov 2 — winner announced Nov 4 💜

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 👇

thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10...

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/2025/09...

Together with PyPI, Maven Central, cratesio and other major package registries we signed a statement on sustainable open source infrastructure.
3B+ installs/month and evolving #composerphp and packagist.org requires sharing the costs.
#phpc #php

We are pleased to announce the completion of security audit of PHP core!
Executed by @quarkslab.bsky.social in partnership with @ostifofficial.bsky.social and commissioned by the @sovereign.tech.

Learn more: thephp.foundation/blog/2025/04...

We’re thrilled to announce that @passbolt.bsky.social has joined the PHP Foundation as a Silver sponsor!

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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/2025/03...

The PHP Foundation is turning 3 🎂 We just renewed our silver sponsorship for another year! Help us maintain and improve PHP, become a sponsor today! We're tired of our 8 person company still being the fourth largest sponsor at $18,000/year, surely you can do better! 💸 #phpc #php

The PHP Foundation is officially 3 years old! 🎉

With a team of 10 engineers, we’ve delivered big features, while improving performance, security, and infrastructure of the language.

Huge thanks to our sponsors and the PHP community. Let’s keep building!
🐘💜

thephp.foundation/blog/2024/11...

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!

thephp.foundation/blog/2024/11...

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 🐘💜

thephp.foundation/blog/2024/11...

We're investing in the long-term sustainability & security of the PHP ecosystem. Overhauling the PECL extension distribution system, code auditing, improving documentation, & server integration testing will benefit millions of sites and apps using PHP:
www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/php/