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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

• 8.5.4 · Changelog · Upgrading
• 8.4.19 · Changelog · Upgrading
• 8.3.30 · Changelog · Upgrading
• 8.2.30 · Changelog · Upgrading

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.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.19. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.19 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.3. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.3 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.18. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.18 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.2. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.2 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.30. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.30 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.17. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.17 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.34. This is a security release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.34 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.16. This is a security release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.16 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.30. This is a security release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.30 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.29. This is a security release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.29 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.1. This is a security release.

All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.1 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.0. This release marks the latest minor release of the PHP language.

PHP 8.5 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

• New "URI" extension
• New pipe operator (|>)
• Clone With
• New #[\NoDiscard] attribute
• Support for closures, casts, and first class callables in constant expressions
• And much much more...

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. 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!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.15. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.15 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.28. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.28 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can also be found there. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the fifth release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 5. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC5, 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 a 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 GA release of PHP 8.5.0, planned for 20 Nov 2025.

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.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the final planned release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 4. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC4, 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 a 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 GA release of PHP 8.5.0, planned for 20 Nov 2025.

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.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.27. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.27 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.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.14. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.14 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.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the third release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 3. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC3, 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 RC4, planned for 6 Nov 2025.

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.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the second release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 2. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC2, 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 RC3, planned for 23 Oct 2025.

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.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 1. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC1, 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 RC2, planned for 9 Oct 2025.

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.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.26. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.26 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.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.13. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.4.13 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.

The PHP team is pleased to announce the third beta release of PHP 8.5.0, Beta 3. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Beta 3, 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 RC1, planned for 25 Sep 2025.

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.

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