Hi internals! I have two bits of news. The first is that I'm changing jobs at the end of the month, and won't be working on PHP in a professional capacity anymore. I'll still be around, but will have much less time to invest in PHP development. I'd like to thank JetBrains for sponsoring my work on PHP for the last three years -- I think we've managed to accomplish quite a lot.
The second one is that the long-discussed idea of a PHP Foundation is finally becoming a reality! For the full details, please see the announcement: https://jb.gg/phpfoundation The initial purpose of the PHP Foundation is to support the development of PHP by contracting developers to work on php-src either part-time or full-time. If that sounds interesting to you, be sure to apply! The foundation does not have any decision-making power on language changes: these remain within the sole purview of the internals mailing list and the RFC process. The fact that some work has been funded by the foundation does not imply that it will be accepted into PHP. The setup of the foundation was admittedly a bit of a rush job, with the focus being on securing initial funding and making it available as soon as possible. For this reason the foundation only has a temporary administration that will need to figure out necessary bylaws for long-term operation. A big thanks goes to Roman Pronskiy from JetBrains for organizing this effort, as well our initial sponsors and everyone who provided early feedback. Regards, Nikita
