Together with The PHP Foundation, we’re embarking on an exciting expedition – the first annual State of PHP census that aims to tally the elePHPant population across the world. Come join us! With

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JetBrains and The PHP Foundation are launching the first annual State of PHP survey to gather data on PHP developer trends, including experience levels, framework preferences, and AI tool usage. The goal is to produce a representative picture of the PHP ecosystem, with results published in October 2026. Participants can enter a drawing to win one of five EUR 500 vouchers.

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They didn’t even have time to write text themselves and copied pasted it from a chatbot…
“Embarking on an exiting journey”. Yes, this is exactly how real people talk in real life. Kind of immediately shows that they don’t give a damn.

there, done it, and you should too, can’t wait to see the result of the survey