CodeQL Support for PHP

[ryanpcleary]

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Are there upcoming plans to add PHP support to CodeQL? PHP remains a top 10 language on GitHub but is the only Top 10 language without CodeQL support.

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[coadaflorin]

Hey @ryanpcleary,

The next languages on the CodeQL roadmap at the moment is Rust, for which a public preview is being prepared.
While we do not have any short-term plans that I can share about PHP, I can confirm that this is a language that we are keeping an eye on as a candidate for our longer-term plans.

[arlogilbert]

As an enterprise user with a CodeQL license and many repositories with PHP, this is the key reason we don't use CodeQL and have to pay for other third party scanning tools. Every time I view this and the previous issues asking for PHP support, I feel kind of angry.

• GitHub Octoverse 2024: #7 most-used language
• 74.0 % of all sites whose server-side language is known run PHP

[valentinoPereira]

Where are you CodeQL team? No update on this??

[coadaflorin]

Hey everyone, at the moment we do not have any updates PHP support. We are aiming to release support for Rust next quarter after which we will evaluate the remaining list and decide on the next steps.
We do appreciate you taking time to reach out to us and sharing the importance of this language.