Reveal the secret behind PHP's success: An Interview with the founder of PHP

Rasmus Lerdorf may be the most famous computer ox in Greenland. He created a PHP scripting language in 1995 and successfully applied it to his website, PHP has become a powerful and mature language. At present, there are millions of PHP application cases around the world.

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Rasmus Lerdorf, founder of PHP

The Linux Format magazine interviewed Rasmus Lerdorf and unveiled the role of Rasmus Lerdorf in the PHP community and how he made decisions in the early days, which made PHP a great success today.

Linux Format (LXF): How many PHP programs have you participated in?

Rasmus Lerdorf (hereinafter referred to as RL): it is less than 10 or 15 years ago, but I still read the mail list every day to discuss features and occasionally fix bugs. I am personally more interested in security and performance issues.

LXF: What is the organizational structure of the PHP team? It seems unclear now...

RL: No structure!

LXF: who makes the final decision?

RL: Let's work together! We have a completely open email list in which anyone can subscribe to it, read it, comment on it, etc. I have always insisted on keeping it transparent, and anyone can read the email list, if there is a divergence, then whoever implements it first wins.

LXF: as the final arbitrator, are you under pressure?

RL: of course there is pressure. I always try to play down this role, because I don't want to make a final decision on too many things, I want the project to be self-sufficient, and I want it to be self-promoted. If I am deeply immersed in the role of decision makers, it is unrealistic to make every decision.

Honestly, I do not know enough about some things, such as Sybase. I have never used Sybase. How can I make the right decision on Sybase extension? In this case, we need to make decisions by members who are familiar with Sybase in the team.

LXF: is PHP 6 Development slower? It's been two and a half years of development...

RL: no decision to slow down