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Subject: [PHP-DEV] VCS Account Request: ayesh
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From: ayesh@php.watch (Ayesh Karunaratne)

Hello Internals,
My name is Ayesh Karunaratne, with GitHub username @Ayesh.

In one of my recent PRs, Christoph (@cmb) made a friendly mention that
it might be time for a php.net and commit karma to php-src
(https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13675#issuecomment-2373846727).
I'm excitedly requesting one now :)

I started to contribute to php-src mostly with typo fixes, changes in
the UPGRADING file, GitHub Actions, followed by changes and new
features in mbstring, Curl, and pcre extensions.

I run a PHP-related website at https://php.watch, where most of my
posts include the latest changes in the upcoming PHP version. This has
me pulling up the latest php-src commits, running my own tests on
them, and documenting those changes.

In addition to code contributions, I'm one of the volunteers in the
PHP Foundation on our PHP Core Roundup post series, and participate in
the internals mailing list where I might be able to add some value.

For PHP 8.5, I'm also one of the co-authors of the
`get_declared_enums` RFC. I look forward to working on future RFCs,
especially focusing on Mbstring/unicode, Curl and pcre extensions.

I realize some of the changes I mentioned above don't require a
php.net account, and wiki.php.net is separate from Git access.
However, I hope it paints a slightly detailed picture that I have been
working with php-src for a while and that I'm familiar with it.

Even with a php.net account, I understand that following the PR and
review process is important. However, I might be able to help with
minor upkeep tasks such as quick fixes in CI, Readme, UPGRADING, etc
files, as well as potential contributions and PR approvals/merges in
doc-en and even php-src once I learn from core developers.

Thank you for your time.