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Matthew Weier O’Phinney

Principal Product Manager

Matthew Weier O’Phinney is the Principal Product Manager at Perforce Zend and OpenLogic, where he focuses on creating the tools developers need to build and deploy their applications. He is a founding member of the PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG), which creates and promotes standards for the PHP ecosystem, where he has served two elected terms on the PHP-FIG Core Committee and collaborated on many specifications. 

Matthew began developing on Zend Framework (ZF) before its public release, and he led the project for Zend from 2009 through 2019. He acts as the Project Lead for the Laminas Project, which includes the subprojects Laminas API Tools (formerly Apigility) and Mezzio (formerly Expressive). He has contributed to many open source projects and communities, many of which can be found on github and his personal website.

Latest Content from Matthew Weier O’Phinney

How to Advance Your Career in PHP Blog

How to Advance Your Career in PHP

Looking to advance your career in PHP? Find insight on how to grow your career in PHP through training, hands-on PHP experience, and PHP certifications.
Productivity
PHP Application Security and Compliance Trends Blog

PHP Application Security and Compliance Trends

PHP compliance and security are top concerns in 2025. Explore upcoming PHP security trends as we discuss findings from our most recent PHP Landscape Report.
State of PHP, Security
2025 PHP Usage Statistics and Deployment Trends Blog

2025 PHP Usage Statistics and Deployment Trends

In our overview of the 2025 PHP Landscape Report, we give insight on the top PHP usage statistics, such as app types, integrations, and other top PHP trends.
State of PHP
PHP vs. Perl: Performance Comparison and Key Features Blog

PHP vs. Perl: Performance Comparison and Key Features

PHP and Perl are both mature, server-side scripting languages that are used for web development, but they have significant differences. Our experts explore the details in this in-depth blog.
PHP Development
PHP 7.3 End of Life: How to Support Critical Apps Blog

PHP 7.3 End of Life: How to Support Critical Apps

This blog revisits the PHP 7.3 release, and explores the notable features, deprecations, and performance improvements that came with it.
PHP Development
HTTP Verbs: PHP 8.4 Changes and Updates Blog

HTTP Verbs: PHP 8.4 Changes and Updates

PHP 8.4 introduces exciting changes to non-POST HTTP verbs, allowing for the specification of alternate variables to store the form data and file uploads in. Learn more from our PHP expert!
PHP Development
Asymmetric Visibility in PHP 8.4: What It Means for PHP Teams Blog

Asymmetric Visibility in PHP 8.4: What It Means for PHP Teams

Asymmetric visibility, new in PHP 8.4, will likely have an enormous impact on how PHP developers create data and message objects. Learn how to make the most of this feature in our step-by-step guide.
PHP Development
PHP 7.4 EOL Is Here: How to Secure Your System Blog

PHP 7.4 EOL Is Here: How to Secure Your System

PHP 7.4 EOL is here, and teams need to support it or risk exposure to potentially devastating vulnerabilities. In this blog, our expert discusses how to prepare your apps for migration and options for long term support.
PHP Development
A Guide to PHP 8.4 Property Hooks Blog

A Guide to PHP 8.4 Property Hooks

PHP 8.4 property hooks represent an exciting leap forward for PHP. Our expert walks through why property hooks matter and explains how to use them in your code.
PHP Development