[$] The history and evolution of PHP governance

The PHP language is widely used in solving some of the most interestingtechnical problems on the web. But for a language with widespread use, itis unique - or at least an outlier - in the way it's governed compared toother open-source projects. Unlike others, PHP governance has grown intosomething fairly democratic for a project its size, allowing almost anyoneto bring an idea to the table. If it's popular enough, that idea can findits way into a future release. That is, of course, as long as there is adeveloper to put in the work to make it happen.