People are congratulating me on PHP 8. That is completely misdirected. @nikita_ppv and @dstogov have been the driving forces behind PHP for years now. Countless others pitch in regularly as well.
PHP 8 is significantly better because it contains a lot less of my code.
Rasmus Lerdorf
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- PHP 7.3.0 Go get it! php.net/releases/7_3_0…
- PHP 8.2 is out! php.net/releases/8.2 Now the real work begins for the 8.2 release managers @adoyy, @s_panteleev and @ramsey. Be nice to them, please.
- PHP 8! See the super-slick announcement in 4 languages here:
- I have been called many things and had many threats over the years, but wishing for me to step on a Lego brick is going too far!
- Replying to @danielhe4rtCara, você teve Guaraná Antarctica e escolheu uma Coca? Com a quantidade de guaraná que bebi quando morei no Brasil é o refri oficial do PHP!
- Built myself a new dev box. This 3950X is incredible! 30s PHP compiles with all major exts and 60s Linux kernel compiles. Running Debian Bullseye for the recent kernel and amdgpu 5700xt support. Overclocks easily to 4.3GHz all-core, but dialed it back to [email protected]
- The future has arrived at my dentist. 3D printing my new tooth while I wait
- PHP will still be around in 2025 to annoy many with the shortest valid Hello World program possible.
- Little known fact I learned today. The Romanian minister of Communications is a PHP developer.
- PHP 7.0.0 is now available! Thanks to everyone who has worked tirelessly towards this for the past 2 years
- Hey high school programming teachers. If you assign a group programming project, please spend 20 minutes showing the kids how source code control systems work (so I don’t have to)











