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.

PHP 8.3.4 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.4. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.4 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.

PHP 8.2.17 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.17. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.17 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.

PHP 8.2.16 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.16. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.16 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.

PHP 8.3.3 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.3. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.3 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.

PHP 8.2.15 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.15. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.15 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.

PHP 8.3.2 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.2. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.2 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.

PHP 8.2.14 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.14. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.14 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.

PHP 8.1.27 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.27. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.27 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.

PHP 8.3.1 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.1. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.1 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.

PHP 8.1.26 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.26. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.26 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.

PHP 8.3.0 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.0. This release marks the latest minor release of the PHP language.

PHP 8.3 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0 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!

PHP 8.2.13 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.13. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.13 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.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 6 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 6. This is the sixth and final release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 6 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 23 November 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.1.25 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.25. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.25 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.

PHP 8.2.12 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.12. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.12 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.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 5 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 5. This is the fifth release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 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 the fourth release candidate (RC 5), planned for 26 October 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 4 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 4. This is the fourth release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 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 the fifth release candidate (RC 5), planned for 26 October 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.1.24 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.24. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.24 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.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 3 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 3. This is the third release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 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 the fourth release candidate (RC 4), planned for 12 October 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.2.11 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.11. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.11 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.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 2 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 2. This is the second release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 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 the third release candidate (RC 3), planned for 28 September 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.1.23 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.23. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.23 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.

PHP 8.2.10 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.2.10. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.2.10 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.

PHP 8.3.0 RC 1 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 1. This is the first release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, 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 the second release candidate (RC 2), planned for 14 September 2023.

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

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 8.3.0 Beta 3 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the third beta release of PHP 8.3.0, Beta 3. This continues the PHP 8.3 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0 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 RC 1, planned for Aug 31 2023.

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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