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A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web
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Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most
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19 Dec 2024


PHP 8.4.2 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.2. This
is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.2 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

19 Dec 2024


PHP 8.3.15 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.15.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.15 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

19 Dec 2024


PHP 8.2.27 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.27.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.27 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

Please note, this is the last bug-fix release for the 8.2.x series. Security fix
support will continue until 31 Dec 2026. For more information, please check our
Supported Versions page.

21 Nov 2024


PHP 8.4.1 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.1. This
release marks the latest minor release of the PHP language.

PHP 8.4 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

 * Property Hooks
 * Asymmetric Property Visibility
 * Lazy Objects
 * PDO driver-specific subclasses
 * BCMath object type
 * And much much more...

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.1 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The migration guide is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for the
detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes.

Kudos to all the contributors and supporters!

21 Nov 2024


PHP 8.1.31 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.31.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.31 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

21 Nov 2024


PHP 8.3.14 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.14.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.14 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

21 Nov 2024


PHP 8.2.26 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.26.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.26 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

07 Nov 2024


PHP 8.4.0 RC4 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, RC4. This is the
fourth release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough
outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, RC4 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be the production-ready, general availability release,
planned for 21 November 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

24 Oct 2024


PHP 8.4.0 RC3 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, RC3. This is the
third release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline
of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, RC3 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be RC 4, planned for 07 November 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

24 Oct 2024


PHP 8.2.25 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.25.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.25 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

24 Oct 2024


PHP 8.3.13 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.13.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.13 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

10 Oct 2024


PHP 8.4.0 RC2 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, RC2. This is the
second release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough
outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, RC2 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be RC 3, planned for 24 October 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

26 Sep 2024


PHP 8.1.30 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.30.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.30 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

26 Sep 2024


PHP 8.4.0 RC 1 NOW AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, RC 1. This is the
first release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline
of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, RC 1 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be RC 2, planned for 10 October 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

26 Sep 2024


PHP 8.2.24 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.24.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.24 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

26 Sep 2024


PHP 8.3.12 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.12.
This is a security release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.12 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

12 Sep 2024


PHP 8.4.0 BETA 5 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 5. This is
the third beta release, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline
of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 5 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be RC 1, planned for 26 September 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

29 Aug 2024


PHP 8.3.11 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.11.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.11 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

29 Aug 2024


PHP 8.4.0 BETA 4 NOW AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 4. This is
the second beta release, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline
of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 4 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be Beta 5, planned for 12 September 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

29 Aug 2024


PHP 8.2.23 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.23.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.23 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

15 Aug 2024


PHP 8.4.0 BETA 3 NOW AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 3. This is
the first beta release, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline
of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, Beta 3 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be Beta 4, planned for 29 August 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

01 Aug 2024


PHP 8.4.0 ALPHA 4 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.4.0,
Alpha 4. This continues the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline of which is
specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0 Alpha 4 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file, or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be Beta 1, planned for 15 Aug 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

01 Aug 2024


PHP 8.2.22 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.22.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.22 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

01 Aug 2024


PHP 8.3.10 RELEASED!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.10.
This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.10 please visit our downloads page, Windows
source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of
changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

18 Jul 2024


PHP 8.4.0 ALPHA 2 AVAILABLE FOR TESTING

The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.4.0,
Alpha 2. This continues the PHP 8.4 release cycle, the rough outline of which is
specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0 Alpha 2 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug
reporting system.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file, or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These
files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release will be Alpha 3, planned for 1 Aug 2024.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

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