A Field Guide to Elephpants

Detailing the attributes, habitats, and variations of the Elephpas hypertextus.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Species Description
3. Variations
4. Related Species
5. Credits
6. Index
7. Colophon

Introduction

The PHP elephpant, Elephpas hypertextus, was first sketched by Vincent Pontier in 1998. For ten years it was only seen in drawings. The plush elephpant was first sighted in 2007. Since that time a large number of variations have been observed in the wild.

Species Description

Appearance

The typical elephpant stands 6" (15cm) tall, with ears that extend above its head, and 8" (20cm) long including its frayed tail. The more rare “jumbo” variety stands 14" (26cm) tall and 20" (51cm) long. It is otherwise identical in appearance to the smaller animals. Due to the larger resources needed to procure a jumbo variety, and the increased space requirements for keeping one, they are considerably more rare. Not all colors have been seen in the jumbo size.

The first populations of elephants seen in the wild were blue. This included both the main species and the first few sub-species. Eventually other populations in have been identified in most primary and secondary colors, and new colors are seen in the wild on a increasingly frequent basis.

All elephpants have the PHP logo on the obverse (left) side.

Identification

Most elephpants can be identified by color and decoration alone. Sometimes identical animals have been produced over multiple generations. The rear tag is the best way of distinguishing between generations.

Sub-species of Elephpas hypertextus are generally identified by different markings on the reverse (right) side. Within the subspecies there may be variations of color.

Habitat

The elephpant's natural habitat is an work environment, and it is equally comfortable in both “corporate” and “home” offices. They tend to form herds on desks or shelves. Children and pets are often highly attracted to the animals. While the elephpant does not mind the attention of these groups, it can be detrimental to the animals' well-being and elephpant owners often keep the groups separated for their protection, unless they have a large herd.

Distribution

There is no known limit the the elephpant's range. They have been sighted on multiple continents and may be present in all areas of human habitation.

Variations

A total of 70 populations have been identified across Elephpas hypertextus and 48 subspecies. Sub-species are listed by date of first appearance. Within each group may be multiple populations which differ by color.

| Original | Oracle | Zend | Zend Framework | PHP|Architect | PHP Women | SunshinePHP | Laravel | AmsterdamPHP | ConFoo | Gold | HaPHPy | Symfony | Shopware | Globalis | Dutch PHP Conference | Rainbow | Roave | AFUP | CakePHP | Heroku | Magento | PHP Yorkshire | PHP Roundtable | PHP Vegas | PHP Classes | PHPBenelux | PHPers Summit | PhpStorm | Darkmira PHP Tour | CHECK24 | Linux for PHP | PHPCon Poland | PHPCON Japan | Upinside | Symfonycasts | phpday | SiteGround | Exakat | Kellerkinder | Mollie | Thelia | Office Partner | Alex | Dutch Laravel Foundation | Notive | Ploi | Laravel Denmark | Tideways |

Original

Elephpas hypertextus Originale (2007)

Oracle

Elephpas hypertextus oraculi (2008)

Zend

Elephpas hypertextus zeevandi (2010)

Zend Framework

Elephpas hypertextus zendframeworki (2012)

PHP|Architect

Elephpas hypertextus architecti (2014)

PHP Women

Elephpas hypertextus feminae (2014)

SunshinePHP

Elephpas hypertextus solis (2014)

Laravel

Elephpas hypertextus laraveli (2014)

AmsterdamPHP

Elephpas hypertextus amstelodami (2014)

ConFoo

Elephpas hypertextus fooianum (2015)

Gold

Elephpas hypertextus auri (2015)

HaPHPy

Elephpas hypertextus natalis (2015)

Symfony

Elephpas hypertextus symphoniae (2015)

Shopware

Elephpas hypertextus shopwari (2016)

Globalis

Elephpas hypertextus globi (2016)

Dutch PHP Conference

Elephpas hypertextus batavici (2016)

Rainbow

Elephpas hypertextus arcus (2016)

Roave

Elephpas hypertextus roavorum (2017)

AFUP

Elephpas hypertextus gallici (2017)

CakePHP

Elephpas hypertextus pistrini (2017)

Heroku

Elephpas hypertextus herokai (2017)

Magento

Elephpas hypertextus mercatoris (2017)

PHP Yorkshire

Elephpas hypertextus eboraci (2018)

PHP Roundtable

Elephpas hypertextus circumensi (2018)

PHP Vegas

Elephpas hypertextus fabulosum (2018)

PHP Classes

Elephpas hypertextus decuriae (2019)

PHPBenelux

Elephpas hypertextus belgerlandemburgi (2019)

PHPers Summit

Elephpas hypertextus summum (2019)

PhpStorm

Elephpas hypertextus gagatescerebellum (2019)

Darkmira PHP Tour

Elephpas hypertextus unitas (2019)

CHECK24

Elephpas hypertextus collationis (2019)

Linux for PHP

Elephpas hypertextus linuxi (2019)

PHPCon Poland

Elephpas hypertextus polski (2019)

PHPCON Japan

Elephpas hypertextus colloquiumiapona (2019)

Upinside

Elephpas hypertextus intusautemi (2020)

Symfonycasts

Elephpas hypertextus harmonia (2020)

phpday

Elephpas hypertextus diei (2020)

SiteGround

Elephpas hypertextus hostinkus (2020)

Exakat

Elephpas hypertextus duodeviginti (2020)

Kellerkinder

Elephpas hypertextus fundamentumliberos (2021)

Mollie

Elephpas hypertextus expensum (2021)

Thelia

Elephpas hypertextus bimaculata (2021)

Office Partner

Elephpas hypertextus officium socium (2022)

Alex

Elephpas hypertextus elephanti hypertext facit quod (2022)

Dutch Laravel Foundation

Elephpas hypertextus fundamentum batavica laravel (2022)

Notive

Elephpas hypertextus noti (2023)

Ploi

Elephpas hypertextus ploium (2024)

Laravel Denmark

Elephpas hypertextus laraveli danicae (2026)

Tideways

Elephpas hypertextus via aestus (2026)

Related Species

Several animals that are similar to elephpants, but cannot be catogorized as such, have recently been seen in the wild.

| PHP Woolly Mammoth | pHackyderm |

PHP Woolly Mammoth

Elephpas mammuthus (2015)

pHackyderm

Elephpas cyberneticus (2015)

Credits

Editor

• Tim Bond

Founding Editor

• Philip Sharp

Contributors

• All photographs are credited to their original authors.
• For other contributors, see GitHub.

Contributions to the content, style, and structure of this publication are welcome. To contribute, please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file in the GitHub Repository.

Index

By Color and Year

Black

• AmsterdamPHP (2014)
• Symfony (2015)
• Symfony (2016)
• PhpStorm (2019)
• Upinside (2020)
• SiteGround (2020)
• Mollie (2021)
• Alex (2022)

Blue

• Tideways (2026)
• Original (2007)
• Oracle (2008)
• Zend (2010)
• Zend (2014)
• Zend (2014)
• Original (2015)
• Shopware (2016)
• AFUP (2017)
• CakePHP (2017)
• CakePHP (2017)
• Zend (2017)
• PHP Yorkshire (2018)
• Zend (2018)
• PHP Classes (2019)
• CHECK24 (2019)
• Linux for PHP (2019)
• ConFoo (2020)
• Exakat (2020)
• Office Partner (2022)
• Notive (2023)
• Ploi (2024)

Brown

• PHP Woolly Mammoth (2015)

Gold

• Gold (2015)

Gray

• pHackyderm (2015)
• Roave (2017)
• Magento (2017)
• Symfony (2019)
• Symfony (2020)

Green

• Zend Framework (2012)

Multicolored

• HaPHPy (2015)
• Rainbow (2016)
• phpday (2020)

Orange

• PHP|Architect (2014)
• Kellerkinder (2021)
• Thelia (2021)

Pink

• Original (2011)
• Original (2015)
• Shopware (2019)
• PHP Classes (2020)

Purple

• PHP Women (2014)
• Heroku (2017)
• PHP Roundtable (2018)

Red

• Zend (2013)
• Laravel (2014)
• CakePHP (2017)
• PHPCon Poland (2019)
• Office Partner (2022)
• Dutch Laravel Foundation (2022)
• Laravel Denmark (2026)

Silver

• PHP Vegas (2018)

Teal

• Zend (2015)
• Original (2022)

White

• ConFoo (2015)
• Globalis (2016)
• Dutch PHP Conference (2016)
• Zend (2016)
• PHPBenelux (2019)
• PHPers Summit (2019)
• PHPCON Japan (2019)
• Symfonycasts (2020)

Yellow

• SunshinePHP (2014)
• CakePHP (2017)
• SunshinePHP (2019)
• Darkmira PHP Tour (2019)

Colophon

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