I wrote a little bit about my journey to update the PHP License to the Modified BSD License (BSD-3-Clause).
https://ben.ramsey.dev/blog/2026/05/the-php-license-simplified
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Can anyone point me to a #PHP presentation (at a user group or conference) that took place earlier than 10 April 1996?
If not, the Linux User Group of Rochester (still active at https://www.lugor.org ) might have the distinction of having hosted the first PHP presentation ever.
https://web.archive.org/web/19961109195847/http://www.lugor.org/lugor-announce/0044.html
I’m not sure what makes this campaign different from other ones in the #PHP community, but there’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to exceed the campaign’s goal and support Joe.
Joe is ranked #14 in number of commits to the PHP source code. That’s out of thousands of contributors. If you use PHP, or any project that depends on PHP, then you’re benefiting from countless hours of work that Joe has contributed to the project.
Please consider donating.
the #pixelfed surge also means a bigger #php footprint in the #fediverse
Help me piece together a complete history of the PHP programming language and its community!
I’m super-excited to announce I’ve been selected to speak at @phptek in May!
I’m giving two talks:
* Internationalization and Localization With PHP
* Return to REST
If you get tickets through this link, you’ll get 10% off, and since Early Bird pricing lasts until the end of this month, this is the lowest price you can get. https://ti.to/phptek/phptek-2025/discount/tek2025
I hope to see you there!
Happy 30th birthday to #PHP. I wrote a history of it several years ago: “If CGI scripts were the start of interactive programming on the web, then PHP was the natural next step — at least on the server-side. Just a month after Brendan Eich created the JavaScript scripting language at Netscape, an independent developer from Canada named Rasmus Lerdorf released the first version of a toolset he called Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools).” https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-php-quietly-launches-as-a-cgi-scripts-toolset/
Hey, folks! I’m looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join my team (API Core) at #Mailchimp.
Some of the things we work on: #PHP, #REST, #OpenAPI, #OAuth2, #APIGovernance, and more.
We are stewards of our public #APIs, and we collaborate with other capabilities teams to ensure APIs are developed according to our standards and processes. You would work directly with me on a daily basis.
This position is in Atlanta or New York.
https://jobs.intuit.com/job/atlanta/staff-software-engineer-api-core-team/27595/76329932512
tomkyle/binning – Determine optimal number of bins 𝒌 for #histogram #creation and optimal bin width 𝒉 using various statistical methods in #PHP.
Included methods: Sturges’ Rule, Doane’s Rule, Freedman-Diaconis Rule, Terrell-Scott’s Rule, Rice Rule, Scott’s Rule, and Square Root Rule.
GitHub: https://github.com/tomkyle/binning
Issues: https://github.com/tomkyle/binning/issues
Available on #packagist via #composer. Heavily inspired by markrogoyski/math-php but written for #PHP 8.3+. — #math #statistics
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All about the new pipe operator in PHP 8.5:
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/07/11/php-85-adds-pipe-operator/
Does anyone use WebHostMost.com? I just heard about it. They have a free tier that doesn’t require credit card info. Can run Node.js, Python apps, PHP.
#Starling is a lightweight #PHP #fediverse server you can install by just copying files over FTP to a shared host. No PostgreSQL, no workers, no DevOps. Owning your data with #ActivityPub can be much simpler than with #ATProtocol. Have you tried it?
https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling
#PHP accounts to follow:
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
@php - PHP official account
@thephpf - PHP Foundation official account
@drupal - Drupal official account
READING
@phparch - PHP Architect Magazine
@phpreads - Human-curated PHP articles
TOOLS
@Xdebug - PHP debugging extension
@phpunit - Testing framework for PHP
@ddev - FOSS web dev tool for PHP & Node.js sites
@infection_php - Mutation testing library for PHP
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https://hachyderm.io/@itworldcup/115926604229775228
PHP was ahead. But at a staggering 1350 votes cast so far, python is pulling ahead again.
And still 10 hours until the poll closes.
Above all, this is testament to the engagement of both the PHP and Python communities.
Perhaps #php is not so dead after all
Hey!
I'm looking for some simple to understand and impressive examples of fun things teens might want to do with PHP.
Ideally interactive things their friends might want to try on a local intranet server.
PHP mixes with HTML in a really fun way, and I remember doing some neat tricks with it... but I'm very rusty.
What are the cutest things you've ever seen done with PHP?
(We will get to the issues with security later. Fun first.)
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Happy Brooke Vibber day!
Today I am publishing, in full, an interview I did with @bvibber back in 2021 about the history of #Wikipedia and #MediaWiki.
https://blog.legoktm.com/2026/06/01/interview-with-brooke-vibber-2021.html
Topics covered include: aversion to change, BDFLs, #PHP, whether MediaWiki should RIIR, and more!
A few parts of this interview were published in the Signpost at the time, but most didn't make the cut solely for space reasons. So in light of recent events, I was looking back and thought it was still worth publishing.
Here it is! GooseRSS! 🪿
Turn YouTube channels into RSS feeds so you can watch videos outside of YT.
And if you're into TV Shows and magnet links, that's supported too.
https://github.com/adegans/gooseRSS
#php #webdevelopment #php8 #selfhosted #rss #youtube #eztv #free #github
Brendt / PHP Annotated makes videos about programming in PHP and coding generally. You can follow at:
➡️ @brendt
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)
You can also follow their non-video account at @[email protected]
I’m really honored to be among the speakers selected to speak at this year’s @longhorn PHP Conference. I hope you’ll join me there!
Hey guys, you read my troubles with developing an ActivityPub / Mastodon multibot instance yesterday? Well, I got it working in the end and have already migrated four bots and added another two to it.
And here is the code that I open source now:
https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots
#webdev #mastodon #mastoadmin #bots #bot #instance #php #activitypub #mastoLivre #webdevelopment
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Would you like to run your own Mastodon (ActivityPub) bot and don't know how?
Try my tool: https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots
Easy to install, easy to deploy a bot. And then your bot can do whatever you want - create posts, communicate with people, post images or just sit there doing nothing and being a bot.
A full fediverse instance running on a simple shared host, in pure PHP, with no external dependencies. That is the idea behind Starling:
https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling/
Maintenant que les démarches administratives sont faites, je peux enfin l'annoncer : je suis maintenant en freelance !
Développeur spécialisé dans le Web avec PHP (vanilla & Symfony) et Python (surtout avec Flask), avec de solides connaissances en JS (vanilla & Vue.js), je réalise tous les développements en tenant compte des besoins en accessibilité, en écoconception et du RGPD dès la conception.
Réalisations entièrement faites par un cerveau biologique.
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Enthusiasm for contributing to #PHP often fizzles out before it has a chance to catch fire. I've proposed a Working Groups RFC to change that. Here's the case for it and how you can help shape it.