Editing PHP (section)

== <span id=ELEPHPANT>Mascot</span> ==
[[File:Webysther 20160423 - Elephpant.svg|thumb|200px|The elePHPant, PHP mascot]]

The mascot of the PHP project is the ''elePHPant'', a blue [[elephant]] with the PHP logo on its side, designed by Vincent Pontier<ref>{{cite web|title=PHP: ElePHPant|url=https://php.net/elephpant.php|date=4 Oct 2014|access-date=4 Oct 2014}}</ref> in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwphp-fb.github.io/faq/community/elephpant/|title=Redirecting…|website=wwphp-fb.github.io}}</ref> "The (PHP) letters were forming the shape of an elephant if viewed in a sideways angle."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7php.com/elephpant/|title=The PHP Mascot's Birth – Creator Of The elePHPant Vincent Pontier Reveals The True Story!|website=7php.com|date=2014-01-06}}</ref> The elePHPant is sometimes differently coloured when in [[plush toy]] form.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ElePHPant |url=https://docs.php.earth/php/community/elephpant/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=PHP.earth |language=en}}</ref>

Many variations of this mascot have been made over the years. Only the elePHPants based on the original design by Vincent Pontier are considered official by the community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.php.net/elephpant.php|title=PHP: ElePHPant|website=www.php.net}}</ref> These are collectable and some of them are extremely rare.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afieldguidetoelephpants.net/|title=A Field Guide to Elephpants|website=afieldguidetoelephpants.net}}</ref>