About me

Hello! My name is Gina Peter Banyard, but you'll likely encounter me as Girgias on the internet.

I am currently funded by The PHP Foundation to work on the PHP engine (php-src), my main interests are improving PHP's semantics and PHP's type system. You can see on what ideas I am planning to work on my PHP RFC drafts and ideas repo. I also maintain and review changes to the PHP documentation and its French translation.

You can see me attending various conferences or giving talks at them to spread knowledge about topics I care about.

Previously, I studied Mathematics at Imperial College London, with an emphasis on pure mathematics.

In my free time I maintain some open-source libraries (for which you can sponsor me on GitHub), but when not doing maintenance, I partake in one of my hobbies such as playing puzzle/strategy games, Richii mahjong, anime, and photography.

If you have any question about php-src development, or want me to give a talk, feel free to contact me by email at girgias@php.net, on Mastodon, or on LinkedIn.

Projects

Accepted PHP RFCs (proposals)

PHP 8.5:

PHP 8.4:

PHP 8.3:

PHP 8.2:

PHP 8.1:

PHP 8.0:

Talks

I have made a playlist on YouTube with all of my recorded talks.