According to Reuters, PHP Foundation Executive Director Elizabeth Barron disclosed on October 23 that the organization faces severe funding shortages. Barron stated the foundation currently has only 1 full-time employee (herself) and 14 part-time contractors funded by donations and grants. She noted that increased AI-related coding has roughly doubled the foundation's workload, with code change proposals now nearly double the level from a year ago.
This week, two critical PHP vulnerabilities were discovered, triggering emergency patches globally and underscoring the open-source language's critical role for the internet. PHP reportedly powers approximately 70 percent of websites worldwide.