Feature freeze for #PHP 8.6 is on the horizon, and you know what that means? It’s time for @brendt’s “What’s New in PHP?” blog post. https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-86

Check it out! #PHPverse is back on June 9th with speakers Jeffrey Way, @Crell, Fabien Potencier, @jonathanbossenger, @naderman, @elizabeth, and Ashley Hindle, hosted by @nunomaduro and @brendt.

It’s online and free!

https://lp.jetbrains.com/phpverse-2026/

#PHP

The PHP Community Discord server now has a channel serving as a collaborative space for security-focused individuals across the PHP ecosystem to share tooling, practices, and learnings.

Check out the # ecosystem-security channel at https://discord.phpc.social

#PHP #security

What are the most heavily-trafficked sites using PHP? Go broad—think global, not just the usual Bay Area suspects.

Facebook and Slack are the obvious top contenders, but they both use Hack (a PHP derivative) rather than standard PHP, these days.

#PHP

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Today is PHP’s 30th birthday! Keep sharing your #30YearsOfPHP stories!

#PHP

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The PHP project has put out the call for release manager volunteers for PHP 8.5!

Candidates should be confident about merging pull requests without breaking BC, doing bug triage, liaising with previous RMs, and getting the branch in good shape. At least one candidate should be a core dev who can assess more technical PR's. Others do not need to have deep knowledge of internals but should understand above mentioned points.

Reply on the mailing list to volunteer.

https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/126733

#PHP

phpc.social is pleased to present our February 2025 Update! https://opencollective.com/phpcommunity/projects/phpc-social/updates/phpc-social-february-2025-update

Thank you to everyone for your generous support, and a special thanks to Vultr, for their in-kind support of the phpc.social infrastructure!

#PHP #PHPC

Do you write #PHP?

Did you know this year is PHP's 30th anniversary?

And that @phptek by @phparch is the longest-running PHP conference in North America?

I have no inside knowledge about what's happening at the conference, but if I were you, I'd plan to be there.

#PHP #PHPTek #30YearsOfPHP

You benefit from #PHP if you use #WordPress, #Drupal, #Laravel, #Joomla, #TYPO3, #Symfony, #Composer, #CodeIgniter, #Yii, #CakePHP, #Magento / #OpenMage / #AdobeCommerce, and much, much more.

Do you use #PHP? Do you benefit from it?

Joe Watkins is a major contributor to PHP, so if you benefit from PHP, then you’re benefiting from Joe’s open source work.

Please support Joe and his family, as he deals with serious health issues.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-big-ask-from-a-big-community