February 25-27, 2026
Montreal, Canada
How PHP Is Really Written: Stats, Syntax, and Surprises
We all have opinions about how PHP should be written—but what does the data say about how it actually is? In this talk, we dive into a large-scale analysis of real-world PHP code pulled from the Open Source ecosystem. Using static analysis, we measure the popularity of usage of modern features (attributes, enums, union types), and coding patterns that emerge across thousands of projects.
Damien Seguy
Exakat
Damien Seguy is CTO at Exakat SA., a company specialized in PHP code quality solutions for the industry. He leads the development of the exakat static analysis engine, that automatically review code for version compatibility, security and clear code. Over the last 24 years Damien has contributed to PHP, as documentation author, elephpant breeder, conference UFO on all continents. He also enjoys gremlin and camemberts.
