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According to the 2026 PHP Landscape Report (available April 14!), PHP remains one of the most widely used open source languages on the modern web. It is commonly embedded with complex and multi-technology stacks, serving as a connective layer for web applications and APIs.
But, despite its continuing popularity, the report uncovered growing pressure on PHP teams. 40% are still running end of life (EOL) PHP versions, often without long-term support from a third party. This increases exposure to security risk, compliance failure, and performance issues — even as upgrade activity accelerates. Additionally, hiring and skills continuity have emerged as rising challenges, with experienced professionals becoming harder to replace as fewer new PHP developers enter the ecosystem.
What does this mean for your developer team? And how can you bridge the gap between PHP demand and available talent?
About the Webinar
Join Perforce Zend and OpenLogic Principal Product Manager Matthew Weier O’Phinney and Zend Manager of Professional Services Adam Culp for an in-depth examination of the 2026 PHP Landscape Report, including actionable insights on what the data means for your stacks.
They’ll cover:
- How PHP fits within the increasingly complex open source ecosystem
- What the data reveals about PHP version adoption, EOL usage, and upgrade plans
- The top technologies for PHP applications, including databases, frameworks, and containers
- Where teams are feeling the most pressure
- What these trends mean for teams maintaining, modernizing, and supporting mission-critical PHP in 2026
Presenters
Matthew Weier O’Phinney
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.
Adam Culp
Adam Culp is a Manager of Professional Services at Perforce Zend. With an extensive background in leading programming initiatives and overseeing complex projects of cross-functional teams, he takes pride in helping enterprise teams make the most of their critical and often complex applications. He is particularly interested in CI/CD as well as creating and/or modernizing full-stack dynamic web applications and REST APIs with PHP, Python, and Javascript. His experience extends to many frameworks, libraries, and Amazon Web Services.
In addition to his contributions to open source projects, Adam is passionate about education, content creation, and public speaking. He organized Sunshine PHP, a PHP developer conference based in Miami, as well as ZendCon, and has been an International speaker at OSCON, PHPUK, ConFoo, Longhorn PHP Conference, and many other events. When he isn’t coding or contributing to developer communities, he can be found indoor rock climbing, learning a new musical instrument, or preparing for his next long-distance ultra race.