Let's talk about why the main PHP developers no longer participate in maintenance

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On November 23, 2021, Nikita Popov, the main developer of PHP, issued a document announcing that he would no longer participate in the main maintenance of PHP and gradually fade out from the end of the month. It is said that Nikita Popov has been involved in the development of PHP since he was still in high school, in 2011. It has been 10 years now. He has contributed a lot to PHP, but it can be said that he has missed it.

Although Nikita Popov did not clearly state the reason for leaving, it can be understood from relevant information that this should be due to pressure in life, because everyone knows that there is no income from maintaining PHP open source projects.

However, the PHP community announced the establishment of the PHP Foundation. For details, see The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation. The foundation is looking for maintainers who can continue to maintain PHP so that it can develop healthily.

In fact, the PHP Foundation has been discussed for a long time, but for some reason it failed to move forward. The departure of Nikita Popov prompted the hasty implementation of this almost forgotten agenda. In order to find a successor as soon as possible and to prevent tragedies from happening again, the foundation has launched sponsorship at opencollective.com/phpfoundation.

As of 21:00 on November 23, 2021, there are 405 supporters. Surprisingly, backers from China found only one company, ZenTao. However, there are many large companies in China that use PHP. They seem to be following Apple, focusing on making money, and do not care about these "bad things." As for the open source maintainers, they are not allowed to work directly for the company, so be grateful.

I am also sad to see the big boss leaving. After all, I also rely on PHP to support my family. I hope to be able to contribute my own strength as soon as possible.

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