From September 2nd, 2026. Such timing!
"Digital Sovereignty Is Written in PHP"
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/09/02/digital-sovereignty-is-written-in-php/
The article says, there is a funding gap between what governments spend in digital sovereignty and the support they provide to foundational software such as PHP itself:
«Germany is spending €108 million to move its federal websites onto a PHP application.»
«The money is the budget for the eleventh version of the Government Site Builder, the German federal administration's standard content management solution: €26.88 million for product development and support, €73.2 million for migration and relaunch, €8 million for operations, phased over four years. More than 80 federal agencies and institutions already use it, and they have built well over 250 websites with it.»
«In 2025, The PHP Foundation received $730,534 in total contributions.»
Reminded of an XKCD comic which clearly the German government hasn't read yet:
https://xkcd.com/2347/
#PHP #DigitalSovereignty #PHP2shell
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