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Apopular 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 8.4 Download ●8.4.6 · Changelog · Upgrading ●8.3.20 · Changelog · Upgrading ●8.2.28 · Changelog · Upgrading ●8.1.32 · Changelog · Upgrading

10 Apr 2025

PHP 8.4.6 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.6. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.6 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 Apr 2025

PHP 8.3.20 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.20. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.20 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 Apr 2025

PHP Core Undergoes Security Audit – Results Now Available

A focused security audit of the PHP source code (php/php-src) was recently completed, commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency, organized by The PHP Foundation in partnership with OSTIF, and performed by Quarkslab. The audit targeted the most critical parts of the codebase, leading to 27 findings, 17 with security implications, including four CVEs. All issues have been addressed by the PHP development team. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest PHP versions to benefit from these security improvements. Read the full audit report. More details in the PHP Foundation blog post. If your organization is interested in sponsoring further audits, please contact The PHP Foundation team: contact@thephp.foundation.

13 Mar 2025

PHP 8.2.28 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.28. This is a security release. All PHP 8.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.2.28 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.

13 Mar 2025

PHP 8.1.32 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.32. This is a security release. All PHP 8.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.1.32 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.

13 Mar 2025

PHP 8.4.5 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.5. This is a security release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.5 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.

13 Mar 2025

PHP 8.3.19 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.19. This is a security release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.19 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.

13 Feb 2025

PHP 8.3.17 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.17. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.17 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.

13 Feb 2025

PHP 8.4.4 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.4. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.4 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.

17 Jan 2025

PHP 8.4.3 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.3. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.3 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.

16 Jan 2025

PHP 8.3.16 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.16. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.16 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 8.4.2 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. Older News Entries

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