The PHP programming language remains the most popular server-side language powering the web and used by 82% of websites, with its usage increasing by 1% in the past year. This growth can be attributed to tools like Composer, which has doubled the number of tracked packages and reached 45 million installations. The top contributors to Packagist, a package repository for PHP projects, include Fabien Potencier, who leads the ranking with 22 packages referenced by 16412 other packages, followed by Sebastian Bergman, Taylor Otwell, Benjamin Eberlei, Jordi Boggiano, Pádraic Brady, and Kitamura Satoshi. These individuals have created essential libraries that are widely used in PHP projects, demonstrating their impact on the open-source community.