--- title: Request for RFC Karma | daily.dev description: A developer named Hendrik Mennen is requesting RFC karma on the PHP internals mailing list to formally propose making the `<?php` and `?>` tags optional in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Request for RFC Karma | daily.dev og:description: A developer named Hendrik Mennen is requesting RFC karma on the PHP internals mailing list to formally propose making the `<?php` and `?>` tags optional in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2ztY6bgd0.png og:image:alt: Request for RFC Karma og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Request for RFC Karma **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer named Hendrik Mennen is requesting RFC karma on the PHP internals mailing list to formally propose making the `` tags optional in PHP. He has already opened a pre-RFC discussion. PHP internals contributor Ilija Tovilo responds asking for his Wiki username to grant the necessary karma to proceed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Request for RFC Karma](https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-ejtixy52v) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introduction](https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-z7u5naitn) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [\[VOTE\] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net](https://daily.dev/posts/vote-remove-the-links-to-x-com-from-php-net-ibdnb4bbb) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[VOTE\] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net](https://daily.dev/posts/vote-remove-the-links-to-x-com-from-php-net-rfyrquurd) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Request for RFC Karma","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0"},"datePublished":"2026-06-15T07:41:11.242Z","dateModified":"2026-06-15T07:41:30.963Z","description":"A developer named Hendrik Mennen is requesting RFC karma on the PHP internals mailing list to formally propose making the `` tags optional in...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"externals.io","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"externals.io","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--9i0zxASK--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213616/logos/externals?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/externals"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/request-for-rfc-karma-2zty6bgd0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"php","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"externals.io","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/externals"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Request for RFC Karma"}]} ```