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PHP 8.0.18 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.18. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.18 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 8.1.5 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.5. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.5 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.

PHP 7.4.29 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.29. This is a security release for Windows users.

This is primarily a release for Windows users due to necessarily upgrades to the OpenSSL and zlib dependencies in which security issues have been found. All PHP 7.4 on Windows users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.29 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 8.1.4 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.4. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.4 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 8.0.17 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.17. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.17 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 8.1.3 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.3. This is a security release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.3 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 8.0.16 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.16. This is a security release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.16 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 7.4.28 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.28. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.28 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.

PHP 8.1.2 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.2. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.2 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 8.0.15 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.15. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.15 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 8.1.1 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.1. This is a bug fix release.

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

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.1 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 8.0.14 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.14. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.14 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 7.4.27 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.27. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.27 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 8.1.0 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.1.0. This release marks the latest minor release of the PHP language.

PHP 8.1 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

Take a look at the PHP 8.1 Announcement Addendum for more information.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.0 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.

Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters!

PHP 8.0.13 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.13. This is a security release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.13 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 7.3.33 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.3.33. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.3.33 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 7.4.26 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.26. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.26 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 8.1.0 RC 6 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.1.0, RC 6. This is the sixth and final release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.1 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.0, 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 25 November 2021.

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 8.1.0 RC 5 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.1.0, RC 5. This is the fifth release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.1 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.0, 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 sixth and last release candidate (RC 6), planned for 11 November 2021.

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 7.3.32 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.3.32. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.3 FPM users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.3.32 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.

PHP 7.4.25 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.25. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.25 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 8.0.12 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.12. This is a security fix release.

All PHP 8.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.12 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 8.1.0 RC 4 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.1.0, RC 4. This is the fourth release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.1 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.0, 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 28 October 2021.

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 8.1.0 RC 3 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.1.0, RC 3. This is the third release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.1 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 8.1.0, 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 14 October 2021.

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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