PHP Foundation 'under-funded' with one full-time staff member, director says
Recent discovery of serious vulnerabilities in PHP highlighted the language's critical importance to global internet infrastructure. The incident revealed a significant resource gap: the PHP Foundation, responsible for maintaining a 30-year-old open-source language used across the web, operates severely under-funded with minimal staffing. This raises concerns about the sustainability of maintaining such foundational technology.
Key points
- PHP Foundation severely under-resourced
- Only one full-time staff member
- PHP is 30 years old and globally critical
- Recent vulnerabilities exposed maintenance gaps
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