r/PHP
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Members
180,082
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
January 25, 2008
Total posts
64.4K
archived
Total comments
773.5K
archived
Is r/PHP dead? Active community.
r/PHP is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/PHP have?
r/PHP had 180,082 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/PHP dead?
No. r/PHP is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/PHP created?
r/PHP was created on January 25, 2008.
Can I take over r/PHP?
Probably not. r/PHP is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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Activity checked September 28, 2026from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive. Member counts come from the archive's most recent crawl and may lag Reddit. DeadSubs is not affiliated with Reddit Inc.