The PHP Ambassador Program is Open

We are excited to announce that we have scheduled the first meeting for the PHP Ambassador Program! This is the second Special Interest Group launched by The PHP Foundation, and we are inviting you to be a part of it.

As mentioned in our 2026 Strategy document, this group will be focused on improving the perception of PHP outside the PHP bubble. It will center on external advocacy and empowering the community to help tell the story of modern PHP in whatever capacity makes sense for them. Whether it be at a local open source group, inside a company, or at an open source conference, we want to provide PHP community members with the tools and resources they need to advocate on behalf of the PHP ecosystem.

The first meeting is 1 hour long and scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 10:30 am EDT / 2:30 pm UTC. This will be a kick-off session where we collaborate on the goals and objectives of the group and schedule a date/time for future meetings. If you would like to participate but you are unable to attend, that’s okay! (We know time zones are hard.) We will share post-meeting notes in a public repository within The PHP Foundation GitHub organization, along with ways in which you can contribute asynchronously.

If you would like to attend our kick-off meeting, you can fill out this form to register your interest. From there, we will send you meeting details. If you have already filled this out, you do not need to fill it out again. We will be contacting you shortly.

Please join us if you would like to help improve the perception of PHP!