Also a lot of the positive changes were do to the efforts of Nikita Popov[1] who has now left. It's led to the creation of the PHP foundation.[2] I haven't kept up to date with the foundation's efforts.

[1]:https://www.npopov.com/aboutMe.html

[2]:https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2021/11/the-php-foundati...