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This help j Next menu item k Previous menu item g p Previous man page g n Next man page G Scroll to bottom g g Scroll to top g h Goto homepage g s Goto search (current page) / Focus search box A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world. What's new in 8.5 Download 8.5.9 · Changelog · Upgrading 8.4.24 · Changelog · Upgrading 8.3.33 · Changelog · Upgrading 8.2.33 · Changelog · Upgrading 13 Aug 2026 PHP 8.6.0 Beta 1 is available for testing The PHP team is pleased to announce the first beta release of PHP 8.6.0, Beta 1. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki. For source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 Beta 1 please visit the download page. Please carefully test this version and report any issues found on GitHub. 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 2, planned for 27 Aug 2026. The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the Release Candidates page. Thank you for helping us make PHP better. 30 Jul 2026 PHP 8.4.24 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.24. This is a security release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.24 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 30 Jul 2026 PHP 8.3.33 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.33. This is a security release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.33 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 30 Jul 2026 PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 3 available for testing The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.6.0, Alpha 3. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki. For source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 3 please visit the download page. Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the GitHub Issues. 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 13 August 2026. The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the pre-release builds page. Thank you for helping us make PHP better. 30 Jul 2026 PHP 8.5.9 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.9. This is a security release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.9 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 30 Jul 2026 PHP 8.2.33 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.33. This is a security release. All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.2.33 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 16 Jul 2026 PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 2 available for testing The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.6.0, Alpha 2. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki. For source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 2 please visit the download page. Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the GitHub Issues. 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 30 July 2026. The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the pre-release builds page. Thank you for helping us make PHP better. 02 Jul 2026 PHP 8.5.8 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.8. This is a security release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.8 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 02 Jul 2026 PHP 8.4.23 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.23. This is a security release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.23 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 02 Jul 2026 PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 1 available for testing The PHP team is pleased to announce the first testing release of PHP 8.6.0, Alpha 1. This starts the PHP 8.6 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki. For source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 1 please visit the download page. Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the GitHub Issues. 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 2, planned for 16 July 2026. The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the pre-release builds page. Thank you for helping us make PHP better. 02 Jul 2026 PHP 8.3.32 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.32. This is a security release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.32 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 02 Jul 2026 PHP 8.2.32 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.32. This is a security release. All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.2.32 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 04 Jun 2026 PHP 8.4.22 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.22. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.22 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 04 Jun 2026 PHP 8.5.7 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.7. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.7 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 07 May 2026 PHP 8.5.6 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.6. This is a security release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.6 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 07 May 2026 PHP 8.2.31 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.31. This is a security release. All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.2.31 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 07 May 2026 PHP 8.4.21 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.21. This is a security release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.21 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 07 May 2026 PHP 8.3.31 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.31. This is a security release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.31 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 09 Apr 2026 PHP 8.4.20 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.20. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.20 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 09 Apr 2026 PHP 8.5.5 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.5. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.5 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 12 Mar 2026 PHP 8.5.4 Released! The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.4. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.5.4 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. 12 Mar 2026 PHP 8.4.19 Released! The PHP development…