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Be careful in Phily, they have some of their own regs about carrying separate from the rest of the state.
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My post below is not legal advice. If you want legal advice, hire and consult your own counsel. That said...
To be precise, Philadelphia does
not have its own handgun regulations. The Pennsylvania legislature has preempted municipal ordinances on firearms and ammunition. Pennsylvania law, however, states that a license is required to carry a handgun (open OR concealed) in a "city of the first class" -- which is a city with 1 million residents or more. Philadelphia is the only "city of the first class" in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania "CCW" permit is actually called a "License to Carry Firearms", which permits the bearer to carry a handgun concealed, carry a handgun in an automobile, or carry a handgun (openly or concealed) in a city of the first class.
[EDIT: And to nitpick my own post, because laws on firearms are a rabbit hole from which it's tough to emerge, Philadelphia may have some ordinances still officially on the books, but because of preemption, they are legally unenforceable.]