Subreddit rules check
r/php
Can you promote here?
The written rules take no clear position, which is NOT permission: unclear communities enforce norms through removals instead of rulebooks. Sort by top, study which builder posts survived and how they were framed, and when in doubt ask the mods.
From the rules · Not a support subreddit—use r/phphelp for help; the rules don’t explicitly state a self‑promo policy, though project/blog/news links are common in top posts.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, news, discussion
Headline: concise, technical — often "Project/ToolName: short description" or "News: what happened". Write in first‑person or neutral third; keep body short (a few paragraphs) with concrete technical details, links to repo/blog, examples, and rationale. Tone: factual, non‑salesy. Upvoted: novel tools, releases, RFCs, postmortems, practical guides; avoided: low‑effort marketing or support requests (use r/phphelp).
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/php's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.