Keynote in English - US at Longhorn PHP 2026
Track Name:
Main Ballroom
View Slides: https://github.com/ThePHPF/talks/blob/main/2026-10-16-Longhorn.pdf
Short URL: https://joind.in/talk/d645b
(QR-Code (opens in new window))
PHP isn't an institution. It's people. Every feature you rely on, every security patch, every page of documentation exists because someone chose to show up. The PHP Foundation funds 12 core developers who work to keep the language secure, modern, and moving forward, but the language belongs to millions. The space between those 12 and those millions? That's where you come in.
In this keynote, I'll take you inside what The PHP Foundation has been doing and why: the commits, reviews, and RFCs shaping PHP's future, the hard-won lessons about sustaining open source at the scale of the web, and how partnering with this community has moved PHP forward. I'll also be honest about what lies ahead. Because the challenges facing PHP are facing all of open source: aging and overwhelmed maintainers, uncertainty in AI times, funding gaps, and infrastructure that the whole internet depends on but few people sustain. These problems aren't solved by foundations alone. They're solved by communities that decide to act.
PHP has given freely to our careers for over thirty years. Now we get to shape the next thirty. You don't need to be a core developer to matter here, you just need to show up, like every person who built this language and community has done. The future of PHP isn't something that happens to us. It's something we build, together.
Comments
Please login to leave a comment
Good content. Learned new things about the foundation. Too much about AI. Font too small, had to zoom on the video to be able read.
Thank you so much for the talk and for your work. I knew maybe 50% of what was in the presentation, and I thought I was more aware than others. I echo Anna's comment about the font size, but I loved all the ElePHPants.
Great talk into the problems facing the PHP Foundation, what they are working on, how they operate, and what their vision is. Loved the ElePHPant pictures!
Excellent talk. Thank you for all that you do for PHP!
Really great content about the PHP Foundation and its role.
Got me fired up about being part of the PHP community and a great overview of what's needed & how we can get there. Thank you for coming!
Very informative keynote, I didn’t know anything about the foundation so it was great to learn about everything it does. Added myself as a supporter too.
I'm hoping I can get involved in this
Great explanation of what the foundation is and the goals. Loved the elephants!
Thank you, Elizabeth! I really enjoyed the insights from the PHP Foundation! Kudos for all the members of the PHP Foundation