Revealing the secrets behind PHP’s success: Interview with the founder of PHP_PHP Tutorial

【php100 Selected Translation】Rasmus Lerdorf may be the most famous computer expert in Greenland. He created the PHP scripting language in 1995 and successfully applied it to his website. Under his cultivation, PHP has become Becoming a powerful, fully mature language, there are currently millions of PHP application cases around the world.

PHP founder Rasmus Lerdorf

Linux Format magazine conducted an exclusive interview with Rasmus Lerdorf to reveal the details for us Rasmus Lerdorf's current position in the PHP community, and how he made decisions in the early days, have allowed PHP to achieve the great success it has today.

Linux Format (hereinafter referred to as LXF): How much PHP development are you currently involved in?

Rasmus Lerdorf (hereinafter referred to as RL): It’s much less common now than 10 or 15 years ago, but I still read the mailing list every day, discuss features and occasionally fix bugs. I'm personally more interested in security and performance related issues.

LXF: What is the organizational structure of the PHP team? It doesn’t seem clear right now…

RL: There’s no structure!

LXF: So who makes the final decision?

RL: Let’s do it together! We have a completely open mailing list internally, anyone can subscribe to it, read it, comment on it, etc. I've always insisted on keeping it transparent, anyone can flip through the mailing list, and if disagreements arise, who implements it first Whoever wins usually wins.

LXF: Do you feel any pressure as the final arbiter?

RL: Of course there is pressure. I always try to downplay that role because I don't want to have the final say on too many things, I want the project to be self-sustaining, I want it to be self-propelled, if I'm stuck in a decision-maker role making every decision , that is also unrealistic.

To be honest, there are some things that I don’t know enough about, such as Sybase. I have never used Sybase, so how can I make the right decision about Sybase extensions? At this time, members of the team who are familiar with Sybase need to make the decision.

LXF: Has the development of PHP 6 slowed down? It has been in development for two and a half years...

RL: No decision to slow down

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