The PHP Foundation

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. She wants to hear from you! #phpc #php Read more: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/03/05/working-together-on-the-future-of-php/

We’re excited to welcome @elizabeth@fosstodon.org as the new Executive Director of The PHP Foundation! 🐘 💜

Elizabeth Barron brings deep PHP community roots, open-source governance experience from GitHub and CHAOSS, and a passion for making PHP thrive for decades to come.

Read more → https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02/27/welcoming-elizabeth-barron-new-executive-director/

#php #phpc #thephpf #opensource #foundation

🎉 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! https://press.team.blue/259920-team-blue-becomes-a-sponsor-of-the-php-foundation/

PHP 8.6 kicks off with partial function application 💫

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/12/08/partial-application/

Thanks to all our sponsors for supporting The PHP Foundation in 2025!

Together we helped ship PHP 8.5, release PIE 1.0, support FrankenPHP, launch the PHP MCP SDK, secure a second STA investment for Streams, and much more.

Please consider sponsoring PHP in 2026:
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/12/02/can-we-count-on-you-in-2026/

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.

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11/10/seeking-new-executive-director/ #php #phpc #opensource

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:
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11/05/design-contest-results/

PHP Streams are getting a long-awaited upgrade 🚀

Thanks to an investment from Germany's @sovtechfund@mastodon.social the PHP Foundation is improving async I/O, error handling, networking, and TLS for modern workloads.

Read more: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10/30/php-streams-evolution/

🗳️ Voting for the PHP 8.5 Release Page Contest is live!

Check out the shortlisted designs and vote for your favorite with 👍 on GitHub:

https://github.com/php/web-php/issues/1563

Voting closes Nov 2 — winner announced Nov 4 💜

⏰ Last call!
We’re wrapping up the PHP 8.5 release page design contest, this is your last chance to take part!

👉 @thephpf@phpc.social

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 👇

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10/10/php-85-uri-extension/

Help design the PHP 8.5 release page and win $1,000 🏆

Submit your mockups or prototypes for a modern, fast, clean release page.

🗓 Deadline: Oct 22
👉 Details: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10/01/design-contest/

Sponsored by JetBrains | Powered by the PHP community 💜

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:

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/09/30/application-form-2026/

Joe Watkins 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.

👉 https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/09/25/joe-watkins/