The PHP Foundation
The PHP Foundation
PHP is powered by a global community of developers, maintainers, contributors, companies, and users. To better understand that community and the ecosystem around it, The PHP Foundation and PhpStorm, a JetBrains IDE, are launching the first annual State of PHP survey.
This survey is an effort to build a clearer picture of how PHP is used today: who is using it, which tools and frameworks developers rely on, what challenges they face, how they feel about the language, and where they see PHP going next.
We invite everyone who works with PHP to participate.
PHP has been around for more than 30 years, and it continues to evolve alongside the people and organizations that depend on it. The ecosystem is broad: developers use PHP across many countries, industries, experience levels, frameworks, deployment environments, and workflows. To support PHP effectively, we need better insight into that ecosystem. The goal is to gather representative input from PHP developers of all backgrounds. Whether you have been writing PHP for decades or only recently started, your perspective is invaluable.
The aggregated results will be published in the State of PHP 2026 report later this year, which will be announced in The PHP Foundation and PhpStorm’s social media channels and newsletters.
The report will help the community better understand current PHP usage and trends. It will also provide useful insight for contributors, maintainers, tool authors, educators, companies, and everyone working to strengthen PHP and its ecosystem.
We encourage all PHP developers to take part and to share the survey with colleagues and local PHP communities.
The more developers participate, the more useful and representative the final report will be.
Thank you for helping us map the PHP ecosystem and for being part of the first State of PHP survey.
-- The PHP Foundation and PhpStorm teams