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The New PHP Foundation: What Impact does it have? - Sebastian Bergmann, Robert Lemke, Roman Pronskiy
Established by JetBrains and other companies, the PHP Foundation ensures the future of PHP by stabilizing the language, funding community projects, and employing developers to work on the core.
- The PHP Foundation was established to stabilize and ensure the future of the PHP language.
- Ten companies, including JetBrains, founded the PHP Foundation to address the financial debt and maintain the language.
- The foundation will employ developers to work on the PHP core, but also fund other projects and initiatives that benefit the PHP community.
- The foundation’s initial goals include setting up the administrative infrastructure, creating a transparent system for financial transactions, and establishing a board of directors.
- The foundation will provide a channel for community feedback and engagement, allowing the community to have a say in the direction of the language.
- The foundation is already receiving donations from companies, including JetBrains, which provided 52 euros, and other companies that have contributed smaller amounts.
- The foundation’s president, Sebastian Bergmann, emphasized the importance of transparency and accountability in the organization’s financial transactions.
- The foundation is working on a transparency report that will detail all financial transactions and revenue received.
- The PHP community can contribute to the foundation through membership, donations, or volunteer work.
- The foundation is also seeking feedback from the community on its objectives and priorities.
- The PHP language is widely used, with around 80% of the web running on it, according to Redmonk’s yearly report.
- The foundation wants to ensure that PHP remains a popular and relevant language in the future.
- The foundation is planning to address the “bus factor” by employing developers to work on the PHP core and other critical parts of the language.
- The foundation is also exploring the idea of supporting PHP development in other languages, such as Rust.
- Sebastian Bergmann emphasized the importance of getting developers involved in the PHP community and providing a platform for them to contribute.
- The foundation is working on a monthly blog post series to keep the community updated on its activities and objectives.
- The foundation is planning to grow and expand its activities in the future, but will remain focused on the PHP community.