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<h2 class="content-title" id="contributing-to-php">Contributing to PHP</h2>
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<p>
 Anybody who programs in PHP can be a contributing member of the community
 that develops and deploys it; the task of deploying PHP, documentation and
 associated websites is a never ending one. With every release, or release
 candidate comes a wave of work, which takes a lot of organization and
 co-ordination.
</p>

<p>
 With the introduction of release managers comes a smoother release process,
 but help is still needed: testing release candidates, finding and squashing
 bugs in tests, documentation, and sources.
</p>
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<h3 class="content-title" id="ways-to-contribute">Four Best Ways to Contribute</h3>

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  <li>Running test suites in <a href="/pre-release-builds.php">RC</a>
      and <a href="https://php.net/releases">release</a> distributions of PHP</li>
  <li>Help finding and diagnosing failed tests, see
      the <a href="https://qa.php.net/write-test.php">phpt documentation</a></li>
  <li>Filing and resolving bug reports
      on <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/">GitHub Issues</a>.</li>
  <li>Help maintain and or translate documentation files
      at the doc-* repositories on <a href="https://github.com/php/?q=doc">github</a>. Check out our
      <a href="https://doc.php.net/guide/">guide for contributors</a>.</li>
 </ol>

<h3 class="content-header" id="php-src">Development of the PHP source</h3>

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<p>
 Someone hoping to become involved in the maintenance and development of
 the source should be experienced in all of the areas mentioned above, as
 this creates a strong team; everyone knows how every other part of the
 project works.
</p>

<p>
 You will also need experience in C programming as PHP is written entirely in C.
</p>
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<h3 class="content-title" id="references">Useful links for developers</h3>
<ul class="content-box listed">
    <li><a href="https://heap.space">lxr</a> - an online interface to the
       PHP source, providing search facilities useful for programmers and researchers</li>
    <li><a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto">The RFC process</a> - the process
        by which developers can suggest and discuss new ideas with the community</li>
    <li><a href="/build-setup.php">Developer Setup Help</a> - some helpful information
        regarding setting up a development environment for PHP</li>
    <li><a href="/mailing-lists.php">Mailing List</a> - list of general and internal mailing lists
        used by PHP</li>
</ul>

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