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Give thanks to PHP - An open letter of gratitude to PHP

Dear PHP,

PHP changed the way we develop web applications and influenced many developers and projects.

We want to thank Rasmus Lerdorf, Zeev Suraski, the PHP group, PHP core developers, contributors, and all the people involved in making the PHP language and its ecosystem a better place for everyone.

Thank you so much for all that you have done and do.

Signed,

• Abdulaziz Alnasi (@Abu3safeer), PHP and Laravel lover
• Abdullah Hejazi (@Abdullah-Hejazi), Full Stack Web Developer, Cairo, Egypt
• Abdullah Ramzan (@abdullah1908), WP Expert, Lahore Pakistan
• Abijah Johnnie (aka LJTWP) (@abdegenius), Web Developer, Lover of PHP since 2016
• Adem Ali Durmuş (@ademalidurmus), Backend Developer, 🇹🇷 Turkey
• Afanasev Pavel (@bupyc9), Backend developer, Russian
• Afdhalul Ichsan Yourdan (@ShennBoku), Web Developer, Indonesia
• Afolayan Stephen (@jilh), Community Organizer and Fullstack PHP Developer, Nigeria
• Ahmad Moussawi (@ahmad-moussawi), PHP and C# Web Developer, Beirut Lebanon
• Ahmed Osama (@Juvienelle), Full Stack Developer, Egypt
• Alam Khan (@moskan9595), Half Stack Developer, Pak
• Aleksandr Frolov (@Philosoft), PHP Developer, Russia
• Aleksandr Kirshin (@KirshinAlexander), Full Stack Developer, Russia
• Aleksandr Kvintilyanov (@nowiko), Backend Developer, Russia
• Aleksandr Zemlyanoy (@Galamoon), Web Developer, Russia
• Aleksei Gagarin (@roxblnfk), PHP Developer, Russia
• Aleksei Krichevsky (@kricha), Software Engineer, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• Alex Baletskyi (@baletskyi), Software Engineer, Canada
• Alex Hackney (@alexhackney), Software Engineer, USA
• Alex Kalineskou (@akalineskou), Software Engineer, Greece
• Alex Pavlov (@alexpts), Full Stack Developer, Russian
• Alex Teterin (@errogaht), PHP Developer, Russia
• Alexander Dubinin (@a-dubinin), Software Engineer, USA
• Alexander Semikashev (@verng95), Backend Developer, Russia
• Alexandr Chernyaev (@tabuna), Backend Developer, Russia
• Alexey Alexeev (@greenkaktusx), Backend Developer, Russia
• Alexey Paschenko (@steamvis), Backend Developer, Russia
• Alexey Pyltsyn (@lex111), Maintainer of PHP documentation on Russian
• Ali Nabeel Ahmed (@alinabeel), Backend Developer, Lahore Pakistan
• Ammar Faizi (@ammarfaizi2), Software Engineer, HPC Engineer, PHP Developer
• Anar Samadov (@anarsamadov), Full stack PHP developer, Azerbaijan
• Anatoliy Poloz (@tolyod), Software Engineer, Russia/Ukraine
• Anatoly Chesneyshy (@Pronik2009), Backend developer, ❤ PHP since 2012, Ukraine
• Andre Polykanine (@Menelion), Backend developer, ❤ PHP since 2007, Ukraine/Germany
• Andrea Ruggiero (@pupaxxo), Backend Developer, PHP & Symfony Lover, Italy
• Andrey Astashov (@mvcaaa), Software Developer, Russia/Finland
• Andrey Iatsenko(@yzen.dev), Backend Developer. Russia, Krasnodar
• Andrey Ratushniy (@agratushniy), Backend Developer, Russia
• Andrii Lavryniuk (@splaa), Web Developer, Ukraine
• Andriy Lutskevich (@lutdev), Web Developer, Ukraine
• Andry Pebrianto (@andry-pebrianto), Web Developer, Indonesia
• Anil Chaudhari (@imanilchaudhari), Web Developer, 🇳🇵 Nepal
• Anton Khainak (@aksafan), Backend Engineer, Ukraine
• Anton Mashletov (@mashletov), Backend Developer, Russia
• Aqib Rashid (@aqib-git), Web Developer, Kashmir
• Aram Baghdasaryan (@jiromm), CTO @ (@globbing-llc), Armenia
• Araz Gholami (@arazgholami), Software Engineer, 🇹🇷 Turkey
• Arya Irama Wahono (@aryairama), Web Developer, Indonesia
• Askar Fuzaylov (@ARACOOOL), Software engineer, Uzbekistan
• Avinash Nethala (@avinashn), Full Stack Developer, India
• Aydarkhan Tsyrenzhapov (@noweasily) Backend Developer, Russia
• Babish Shrestha (@babiz), PHP believer since 2008, Entrepreneur, Nepal
• Bahyu Sanciko (@bahyusanciko), Full Stack Developer, Indonesia
• Benjamin Temitope (@benjamintemitope), Backend Developer, Nigeria
• Benkoulal Abdelghani (@AbdouGhani-Ben), Full Stack Developer and Security engineer, Algeria
• Bondoux Nicolas (@Nsbx), Backend Developer, Php & Symfony Lover ❤, France
• Brandon Kraft (@kraftbj), Core Contributor to @WordPress and Lead at @Automattic, Austin, Texas USA
• Caleb Mazalevskis (@Maikuolan), PHP developer, hobbyist, and freelancer.
• Carl Abraham (@i22inc), Director i22.in
• Carlos Meneses (@mccarlosen), Full Stack Developer from Venezuela
• Chris Kielholz (@Enorion), PHP Evangelist
• Chun-Sheng, Li (@peter279k), PHP developer :), Taiwan
• Corrado Modica (@Corrado), Full Stack Developer, Italy
• Dario Rigolin (@drigolin), PHP Developer, Italy
• Dave Hornigan (@DaveHornigan), Backend PHP Software Engineer, Ukraine / Russia
• David Jor Hpan (@david-gnext), Yangon , Myanmar
• Denuwan Hettiarachchi (@Denuwanhh), Full Stack Developer, Sri Lanka
• Diego Andrade de Mendonça (@diego182), Backend Developer, Brazil/Germany
• Djo (@northmule), 🚀 PHP is life , Backend Developer, Russia 🇷🇺
• Dmitriy Bespalov (@superrosko), Backend Developer, Russia
• Dmitriy Fedosov (@TheNord), Backend PHP Developer, Russia
• Dmitriy Zhuchkov (@Xynobo), PHP Developer, 🇷🇺 Russia
• Dmitry Derepko (@xepozz), Just Dmitry 😉, Russia
• Dmitry Koshelenko (@GomelHawk), PHP / Symfony Developer, Belarus
• Dmitry Polkhov (@drholera), Backend Developer, Ukraine 🇺🇦
• Doqnach (@Doqnach), PHP Developer, The Netherlands
• Dorian Peregrim (@DorianPeregrim), PHP Developer, Russia 🇷🇺
• Dzmitry Bekish (@SofWar), Full Stack Developer, Belarus
• Egor Rudkov (@gren236), Backend Developer, Russia
• Eliyas Hossain (@eliyas5044), Full Stack Developer, Bangladesh
• Enes Kömür (@eneskomur), Web Developer, Turkey
• Erick Rocha (@erickpatrick), Software Architect/Team Lead, Brazil/Germany
• Erjan Kalybek (@erjanmx), Software Developer, Netherlands
• Eugene Leonovich (@rybakit), Backend Developer, Belarus/Netherlands
• Eugene Ruban (@ERuban), PHP Developer, Russia/Georgia
• Evgenii Bobkov (@esbobkov), PHP Developer, 🇷🇺 Russia
• Evgeniy Prokhorov (@evgwed), PHP Developer and founder PHP community in Ulyanovsk (ulskPHP), Russia
• Ezekiel Motlana (@mosekwa), Software Developer, South Africa
• Ezekiel Oladejo (@iamwebwiz), Full-Stack Software Engineer at NoMore ApS, based in Lagos, Nigeria
• Faizan Akram (@faizanakram99), Software Engineer, Kashmir
• Fernando Miguel (@fjmiguel), Software Architect - 🤟 PHP since 2004, 🇧🇷 Brazil / 🇩🇪 Germany
• Finoghentov Pavel (@finoghentov), Backend Developer, Moldova 🇲🇩
• Firi Ofek (@fireworks9), Amateur Developer
• Flávio Heleno (@flavioheleno), Developer, Brazil
• Florian Bailly (@florian-bailly), Backend Developer, France
• Francis Gonzales (@fragote), Informatic Engineer, Peru
• Fynn Tang (@fynntang), PHP Developer, 🇨🇳 China
• Gabriel Alejandro López López (@glpzzz), Software Engineer at daxslab, Cuba
• Garuba OLayemii (@OLayemii), PHP Lover <3 , Nigeria
• Gennaro Landolfi (@rinodrummer), PHP Enthusiast and Full-stack Web Developer, Italy
• George Zakharov (@george-zakharov), PHP Backend Developer, Russia
• Ghazi Khan (@mgks), Just another PHP disciple from India
• Ghazif Adeem (@Ghazif), PHP/Laravel Developer, Pakistan
• Given Ncube @slimgee, Full Stack Developer, Zimbabwe
• Hamza Mughal (@prodesquare), Full Stack Developer, Faisalabad Pakistan
• Hatice Ergün (@hadeyici), Backend developer, from Turkey
• Hendrik Eduard Kuiper (@HendrikEduard) Systems & DB Admin, Programmer and a whole lot more
• Igor Veselov (@utz0r2), Full Stack Developer, Ukraine
• Ilya Sudakov (@isudakoff), Web Developer, Russia
• Indrawan (@sinkaroid), Full Stack Developer, Indonesia
• Ivan Dudarev (@ddrv), Backend Developer, Russia 🤘
• Jacob Dreesen (@jdreesen), Web Developer
• Jakub Caban (@lustmored), Backend Developer, Poland, Head of lockme
• Javier Gil (@FJavierGil), Software Engineer, Spain
• Jawira Portugal (@jawira), Software Engineer, Bolivia & Belgium
• Jean Melo (@jeanmamelo), Full Stack Developer, Brazil
• Jeffery Hussin (@JefferyHus), Full Stack Developer
• Jim Wigginton (@terrafrost), Software Engineer, Austin, TX
• Joel Reis (@ElJoelReis), Web Developer
• José Manuel Casani Guerra (@MrJmpl3), PHP & Laravel Developer, Perú
• Josef Sábl (@josefsabl, Backend Developer, Czechia
• Joseph Leedy (@JosephLeedy), Full Stack Magento Developer, Austin, TX USA, Technical Lead & Lead Magento Extension Developer for Wagento
• Josiah O.Yahaya (@coderatio), Full Stack Developer
• Julia Grabovskaya (@julsuniverse), PHP Developer, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine 🇺🇦
• Julio Napurí (@julionc), Backend Developer, Perú 🇵🇪
• Kirill Baranov (@u-mulder), PHP Developer, Russia
• Koldo Picaza (@kpicaza), PHP Developer, Barcelona
• Kristijan Stipić (@stipic), PHP & Symfony ❤️ - Software Developer️, Croatia 🇭🇷
• Kristiyan Vasilev (@KriqN), Backend Developer, Bulgaria
• Leo Cavalcante (@leocavalcante), Proud and Thankful PHP Developer, Swoole Enthusiast, Brazil
• Leonardo Teixeira (@LeonardoTeixeira), Software Engineer, Brazil
• Leonid Pankov (@lpnkv), Backend Developer, Russia
• Logan Lindquist (@llbbl), Organizer, Austin, TX USA
• Luciano Coggiola (@tanoinc), Full Stack Developer, Argentina
• Luuk Verhoeven (@luukverhoeven), Senior Software Engineer / Moodle expert , 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• Luffy (@sy-records), PHP Developer, China
• Lyubomir Grozdanov (@lubo13), Backend Developer (Symfony Certified Developer and Zend Certified Engineer (PHP 7)), Bulgaria
• Mahbub Hasan Imon (@mhimon), Full Stack Developer, Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 Founder & Lead Developer of ultraDevs (@ultraDevs)
• Maksim Ermakov (@salfum), Full Stack Developer, PHP and Laravel ❤️, Russia 🇷🇺
• Maksym Storchak (@strorch), Web developer, Ukraine
• Mark Almadin (@mrkalmdn), Laravelist
• Mark Kevin Besinga (@besingamkb), Software Engineer, Philippines
• Martin Hlavac (@mhlavac), Software Engineer, Germany/Czech Republic
• Matteo Martinelli (@matteomartinelli), Customerly Full Stack Developer, Italy
• Mattias Sandström (@tangix), Full Stack Developer, Sweden 🇸🇪
• Max Base (@BaseMax), Software Engineer, PHP Lover ❤️
• Maxim Sukhov (@tierko), Backend Developer, PHP Lover ❤️, Russia, Tula 🇷🇺
• Mehdi "Arcanite" OUESLATI (Mihdi), Computer Science and Engineering student, Tunisia/France
• Michael Beck (@mambax7), Full-Stack Developer, PHP & XOOPS ❤️, USA
• Michael Pritchard (@Pen-y-Fan), Software developer, PHP lover, United Kindgom
• Mikail Huseynov (@hose1021), Full Stack Developer, Laravel and PHP lover, Azerbaijan Baku
• Mikhail Chuvashov (@almadef), Full-Stack Developer, Russia
• Mikiyas Amdu (@mikimaine), Software Engineer, Ethiopia
• Mmidori Kocak (@mmidorikocak), Senior Software Engineer, Prague/Czech Republic
• Muhaimenul Islam (@muhaimenul), Software Engineer, Bangladesh
• Muhammad Abdullah (@abdullahnaseer), PHP Developer, Founder CodeCreatives
• Muhammad Fauzan (@fauzan121002), Fullstack Web Developer, Open Source Enthusiast
• Muhammad Javed (@theahmadzai), PHP since school days, Full Stack Developer. Open source lover
• MUHAMMAD Siyab (@SiyabKhaksar), Full Stack Web Developer, Karachi, Pakistan
• Muhammad Tayyab Sheikh (@cstayyab) Full-Stack Web developer and Information Security Researcher
• Muhammad Umer Farooq (@lablnet), Software Developer, PHP lover, Pakistan
• Mustafa Topcuogullari (@mtopcu) Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Behat-PhpUnit, Turkiye 🇹🇷
• Napoleon Arouldas (@neps-in), Full Stack Developer, Lead Developer Rollout
• Navarr Barnier (@navarr), Sr Magento Developer, Ohio, USA
• Nazar Samarets (@unhappyby), PHP Developer, Ukraine 🇺🇦
• Nicholai Bush (@cykonetic), PHP Developer since PHP 3.0, (before MySQL supportted InnoDB), Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
• Nikesh Bahadur Adhikari (@ariadoos), Software Engineer, Nepal
• Nikhil Ranka (@qwertynik), Building solutions using Tech, mainly PHP. From Chennai, India, Existence
• Nikita Antonenko (@nikita-antonenko), from Russia
• Nikolay Ponich (@ponich), Software Engineer
• Nikolay Zuev (des1roer), Backend Developer, Russian Federation
• Odole Olukayode (@kaythinks), Software Craftsman from Nigeria
• Oleg Mifle (@olegmifle), Backend Developer from Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Oleksandr Barabolia (@alexandrbarabolia), Backend Engineer, Ukraine 🇺🇦
• Oleksandr Roskovynskyi (@oleksandr-roskovynskyi), Backend Developer, Ukraine
• Omar Villafuerte (@ovillafuerte94), Full Stack Developer, Cuba
• Paimon John (@pa1m0n), Full Web Stack Developer, Belarus
• Paul Messina(@paulrm), DevOps Engineer - 🤟 PHP since 3.0, 🇦🇷 Argentina
• Paulo Castro (@planktonfun), Just a Passer By
• Peter Kokot (@petk), PHP development team member
• PHP Dagestan (@phpdagestan), Open source repository php developers from Dagestan, Russia
• Priyatna (@antayirp), Full Stack Developer, Indonesia & Switzerland
• QinQiangWu (@wuqinqiang),PHP was the beginning of everything for me
• Rahadiana Nugraha (@rahadiana), Full Stack Developer, Indonesia
• Reyad Khan (@reyadkhan), Full Stack Developer
• Rio Astamal (@rioastamal), Loving PHP since 2003 and Cloud Computing Enthusiast, Indonesia
• Rizky Tegar Pratama (@rizkytegar), Full stack web developer, Indonesia
• Robert Means (@BoDonkey), Language Lover, USA
• Rod Elias (@chapeupreto), Backend Developer, Brazil
• RogerTM (@rogertm), Full Stack Web Developer, PHP & WordPress lover since 2005. 🇨🇺 Cuba.
• Roman Gorbatko (@RomanGorbatko), Backend Engineer, Ukraine 🇺🇦
• Roman Gulevskiy (@RomanGulevskiy), Back-end developer, Perm, Russia
• Roman Nikiforov (@xrezus), PHP Developer, Belarus
• Roman Pronskiy (@pronskiy), PMM, PHP enthusiast, Ukraine
• Roman Shvykov (@shvykov), Backend Developer, Russia
• Roman Varkuta (@KartaviK), Back-end developer, Ukraine
• Roshan Budhathoki (@roshanbudhathoki), Full Stack Developer, Nepal
• Rumon (@msrumon), Self-taught JS and PHP developer from Bangladesh
• Rustam Mamadaminov (@rustamwin), Fullstack Web Developer, Uzbekistan
• Safayat Mahmud (@S4F4Y4T), Full Stack Developer From Bangladesh
• Saif Eddin Gmati (@azjezz), Back-End Web Developer, Tunisia
• Saiful Alam (@4msar), Fullstack PHP Developer, Bangladesh
• Sajith K (@iamsajithk), From Kerala, India
• Salvatore Cordiano (@salvatorecordiano), Lead Developer, Italy
• Samuel Adeshina (@samshal), Software Engineer, Nigeria
• Sandy Pérez Matamoros (@sandypm007), Fullstack Developer and Team Leader. PHP since 2004
• Sanjar Umarov (@usanjar), Back-end web developer, Uzbekistan
• Santosh Jung Shahi (@beingjungshahi), Backend Developer, Nepal
• Sayed Muzammil (@desidude03), devops engineer. Full Stack PHP Developer. Entrepreneur,Openstack community member, Playing with php since 2011
• Sergei Kolesnikov (@win0err), Software Engineer, Russia
• Sergei Shlokov (@sergant210), A big PHP fan, Russia
• Sergey Brovko (@cyber01), PHP fan, Russia
• Sergey Fedosimov (@sergey-fedosimov), PHP Developer, Russia
• Sergey Kasatikoff (@kasatikoff), Software Engineer, Russia
• Sergey Lebedev (@lebedevsergey), Software Developer️, Russia
• Sergey Malovichko (@mrserg161), Backend Developer, Russia
• Sergey Novikov (@ohDaddyPlease), started as PHP Junior, from Russia with Love <3
• Sergey Panteleev (@saundefined), PHP Developer️, Russia
• Sergey Sidorov (@serjazz), PHP Developer, 🇷🇺 Russia
• Sergey Tsyhankou (@tsyhankou), Backend PHP Developer, Poland/Belarus
• Sergio de Candelario (@sdecandelario), Software Engineer, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain :)
• Shakhobiddin Urinbayev (@shokhaa), PHP Backend Developer, Uzbekistan
• Siarhei Bautrukevich (@bautrukevich), Web Developer, Belarus
• Sklyarov Alexey (@sufir), Back-End Web Developer, Russia
• Slava Krampetz (@slavakrampetz), Web Developer, CTO, Online-media.ru, Tomsk, Russia
• Smirnov Oleg (@SoeSmile), Web Developer, Russia
• Sobhan Sharifi (@50bhan), 🔥 PHP Enthusiast, Iran
• Sohaib Ilyas (@sohaibilyas), PHP & Laravel lover ❤️ from Pakistan 🇵🇰
• Steve Pavarno (@pavarnos), Full stack PHP since 2001, New Zealand
• Sushil Ale (@msucil) Web Application Developer/Data Engineer, Nepal
• Tariqul Islam (@ta-riq), A Real PHP lover
• Tasiu Kwaplong (@tasiukwaplong), Laravel and PHP lover, Nigeria
• Thomas Perez (@ScullWM), Backend Developer, France
• Timofey Zhiganov (@zavodilo) Backend Developer, Russia
• Tomasz Kane (@tomaszkane), Backend Developer, Poland
• Tomasz Sawicki (@Furgas), Software Developer and PHP Enthusiast since 2003, Poland
• Tshiamo Bhuda (@tshiamobhuda), PHP Developer, 🇿🇦 South Africa
• Umut Işık (@umutphp) Software developer, ❤️ PHP since 2000, 🇹🇷 Turkey
• Vadim Mazur(@mazurva) PHP since 2006. Full stack, Russia
• Vadym Trofymenko @vadymtrofymeko, Backend Developer, Ukraine
• Valentin Nikolaev (@ValentinNikolaev), Backend Developer, Turkey/Ukraine/Russia
• Valentin Udaltsov (@vudaltsov), PHP Developer and Blogger (Пых, PHP Point) from Russia 🇷🇺
• Vasilij Duško (@StaffNowa), Web Developer, Lithuania
• Victor Login (@batazor), Backend Developer, Russia
• Vigikaran Vijayaratnam (@vigikaran), Full Stack Web Application developer / DevOps
• Vikas Kapadiya (@vikas5914), Full Stack Developer, India
• Vikrant Singh Chauhan (@0xcrypto), Backend Developer, India
• Viktor Babanov (@viktorprogger), PHP and Yii lover, backend developer, Russia
• Viktor Novikov (@nowiko), Backend Developer, Ukraine
• Vitalii Shkolin (@shkolin), Backend Developer, Ukraine
• Vitaly Artemev (@VitalyArt), Backend Developer, Russia
• Vlad Olaru (@vladolaru), Co-founder and Web Developer at Pixelgrade, thinker and writer at ThinkWriteCode.com, Romania
• Vladimir Semenov (@thesun2003), Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer (Blog @ Medium), Russia 🇷🇺 / New Zealand 🇳🇿
• Vladimirs Nordholm (@vladdeSV), Backend Developer, Sweden
• Volodymyr Panivko (@sveneld), Back-end developer, Ukraine
• Wasseem Khayrattee (aka 7PHP) (@7php), PHP fanboy from Mauritius island
• Westin Shafer (@wshafer), Software Engineer, USA
• Yeojin Hong(@ongyjho), Backend Developer, Korea 🇰🇷
• Yinsee @ Daddycat (@yinsee), Single core, Duo-core, Hardcore. PHP since 2006. Full stack, entrepreneur from <3 Penang, MY
• Yusuf Ardi (@yusufthedragon), Backend Developer, Indonesia
• Zain Mehdi (@szainmehdi), Software Engineer, 🇺🇸 USA
• Yi Zou (@php-cpm), PHP since 2007. Full stack, Software Architect, 🇨🇳 China
• Gentrit Abazi (@gentritabazi01), Backend Developer, 🇽🇰 Kosovo
• Guoxiao Bao (@mowangjuanzi) Software Engineer, 🇨🇳 China

Inspired by the Thank You Github, Thank You Laravel, and Thank You Symfony.