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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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[H1] PHP 8 ChangeLog
8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0
[H3] Version 8.5.6
07 May 2026
Core:
Fixed bug GH-19983 (GC assertion failure with fibers, generators and destructors).
Fixed ZEND_API mismatch on zend_ce_closure forward decl for Windows+Clang.
Fixed bug GH-21504 (Incorrect RC-handling for ZEND_EXT_STMT op1).
Fixed bug GH-21478 (Forward property operations to real instance for initialized lazy proxies).
Fixed bug GH-21605 (Missing addref for Countable::count()).
Fixed bug GH-21699 (Assertion failure in shutdown_executor when resolving self::/parent::/static:: callables if the error handler throws).
Fixed bug GH-21603 (Missing addref for __unset).
Fixed bug GH-21760 (Trait with class constant name conflict against enum case causes SEGV).
CLI:
Fixed bug GH-21754 (`--rf` command line option with a method triggers ext/reflection deprecation warnings).
Curl:
Add support for brotli and zstd on Windows.
DOM:
Fixed GHSA-4jhr-8w89-j733 and GH-21566 (Dom\XMLDocument::C14N() emits duplicate xmlns declarations after setAttributeNS()). (CVE-2026-7263)
FPM:
Fixed GHSA-7qg2-v9fj-4mwv (XSS within status endpoint). (CVE-2026-6735)
Iconv:
Fixed bug GH-17399 (iconv memory leak on bailout).
Lexbor:
Upgrade to lexbor v2.7.0.
MBString:
Fixed GHSA-wm6j-2649-pv75 (Null pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init()). (CVE-2026-7259)
Fixed GHSA-74r9-qxhc-fx53 (Out-of-bounds access in mbfl_name2encoding_ex()). (CVE-2026-6104)
Opcache:
Fixed bug GH-21158 (JIT: Assertion jit->ra[var].flags & (1<<0) failed in zend_jit_use_reg).
Fixed bug GH-21593 (Borked function JIT JMPNZ smart branch).
Fixed bug GH-21460 (COND optimization regression).
Fixed faulty returns out of zend_try block in zend_jit_trace().
OpenSSL:
Fix memory leak regression in openssl_pbkdf2().
Fix a bunch of memory leaks and crashes on edge cases.
PDO_Firebird:
Fixed GHSA-w476-322c-wpvm (SQL injection via NUL bytes in quoted strings). (CVE-2025-14179)
PDO_PGSQL:
Fixed bug GH-21683 (pdo_pgsql throws with ATTR_PREFETCH=0 on empty result set).
Phar:
Restore is_link handler in phar_intercept_functions_shutdown.
Fixed bug GH-21797 (phar: NULL dereference in Phar::webPhar() when SCRIPT_NAME is absent from SAPI environment).
Fix memory leak in Phar::offsetGet().
Fix memory leak in phar_add_file().
Fixed bug GH-21799 (phar: propagate phar_stream_flush return value from phar_stream_close).
Fix memory leak in phar_verify_signature() when md_ctx is invalid.
Random:
Fixed bug GH-21731 (Random\Engine\Xoshiro256StarStar::__unserialize() accepts all-zero state).
Session:
Fixed memory leak when session GC callback return a refcounted value.
SOAP:
Fixed GHSA-85c2-q967-79q5 (Stale SOAP_GLOBAL(ref_map) pointer with Apache Map). (CVE-2026-6722)
Fixed GHSA-m33r-qmcv-p97q (Use-after-free after header parsing failure with SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION). (CVE-2026-7261)
Fixed GHSA-hmxp-6pc4-f3vv (Broken Apache map value NULL check). (CVE-2026-7262)
SPL:
Fixed bug GH-21499 (RecursiveArrayIterator getChildren UAF after parent free).
Fix concurrent iteration and deletion issues in SplObjectStorage.
Sqlite3:
Fixed wrong free list comparator pointer type.
Standard:
Fixed GHSA-96wq-48vp-hh57 (Signed integer overflow of char array offset). (CVE-2026-7568)
Fixed GHSA-m8rr-4c36-8gq4 (Consistently pass unsigned char to ctype.h functions). (CVE-2026-7258)
Streams:
Fixed bug GH-21468 (Segfault in file_get_contents w/ a https URL and a proxy set).
URI:
Fixed CVE-2026-42371 (uriparser before 1.0.1 has numeric truncation in text range comparison). (CVE-2026-42371)
[H3] Version 8.5.5
09 Apr 2026
Core:
Fixed bug GH-20672 (Incorrect property_info sizing for locally shadowed trait properties).
Fixed bugs GH-20875, GH-20873, GH-20854 (Propagate IN_GET guard in get_property_ptr_ptr for lazy proxies).
Bz2:
Fix truncation of total output size causing erroneous errors.
DOM:
Fixed bug GH-21486 (Dom\HTMLDocument parser mangles xml:space and xml:lang attributes).
FFI:
Fixed resource leak in FFI::cdef() onsymbol resolution failure.
GD:
Fixed bug GH-21431 (phpinfo() to display libJPEG 10.0 support).
Opcache:
Fixed bug GH-21052 (Preloaded constant erroneously propagated to file-cached script).
Fixed bug GH-20838 (JIT compiler produces wrong arithmetic results).
Fixed bug GH-21267 (JIT tracing: infinite loop on FETCH_OBJ_R with IS_UNDEF property in polymorphic context).
Fixed bug GH-21395 (uaf in jit).
OpenSSL:
Fixed bug GH-21083 (Skip private_key_bits validation for EC/curve-based keys).
Fix missing error propagation for BIO_printf() calls.
PCNTL:
Fixed signal handler installation on AIX by bumping the storage size of the num_signals global.
PCRE:
Fixed re-entrancy issue on php_pcre_match_impl, php_pcre_replace_impl, php_pcre_split_impl, and php_pcre_grep_impl.
Phar:
Fixed bug GH-21333 (use after free when unlinking entries during iteration of a compressed phar).
SNMP:
Fixed bug GH-21336 (SNMP::setSecurity() undefined behavior with NULL arguments).
SOAP:
Fixed Set-Cookie parsing bug wrong offset while scanning attributes.
SPL:
Fixed bug GH-21454 (missing write lock validation in SplHeap).
Standard:
Fixed bug GH-20906 (Assertion failure when messing up output buffers).
Fixed bug GH-20627 (Cannot identify some avif images with getimagesize).
Sysvshm:
Fix memory leak in shm_get_var() when variable is corrupted.
XSL:
Fix GH-21357 (XSLTProcessor works with DOMDocument, but fails with Dom\XMLDocument).
Fixed bug GH-21496 (UAF in dom_objects_free_storage).
[H3] Version 8.5.4
12 Mar 2026
Core:
Fixed bug GH-21029 (zend_mm_heap corrupted on Aarch64, LTO builds).
Fixed bug GH-21059 (Segfault when preloading constant AST closure).
Fixed bug GH-21072 (Crash on (unset) cast in constant expression).
Fix deprecation now showing when accessing null key of an array with JIT.
Fixed bug GH-20657 (Assertion failure in zend_lazy_object_get_info triggered by setRawValueWithoutLazyInitialization() and newLazyGhost()).
Fixed bug GH-20504 (Assertion failure in zend_get_property_guard when accessing properties on Reflection LazyProxy via isset()).
Fixed OSS-Fuzz #478009707 (Borked assign-op/inc/dec on untyped hooked property backing value).
Fixed bug GH-21215 (Build fails with -std=).
Fixed bug GH-13674 (Build system installs libtool wrappers when using slibtool).
Curl:
Don't truncate length.
Date:
Fixed bug GH-20936 (DatePeriod::__set_state() cannot handle null start).
Fix timezone offset with seconds losing precision.
DOM:
Fixed bug GH-21077 (Accessing Dom\Node::baseURI can throw TypeError).
Fixed bug GH-21097 (Accessing Dom\Node properties can can throw TypeError).
LDAP:
Fixed bug GH-21262 (ldap_modify() too strict controls argument validation makes it impossible to unset attribute).
MBString:
Fixed bug GH-21223; mb_guess_encoding no longer crashes when passed huge list of candidate encodings (with 200,000+ entries).
Opcache:
Fixed bug GH-20718 ("Insufficient shared memory" when using JIT on Solaris).
Fixed bug GH-21227 (Borked SCCP of array containing partial object).
OpenSSL:
Fix a bunch of leaks and error propagation.
Windows:
Fixed compilation with clang (missing intrin.h include).
[H3] Version 8.5.3
12 Feb 2026
Core:
Fixed bug GH-20806 (preserve_none feature compatiblity with LTO).
Fixed bug GH-20767 (build failure with musttail/preserve_none feature on macOs).
Fixed bug GH-20837 (NULL dereference when calling ob_start() in shutdown function triggered by bailout in php_output_lock_error()).
Fix OSS-Fuzz #471533782 (Infinite loop in GC destructor fiber).
Fix OSS-Fuzz #472563272 (Borked block_pass JMP[N]Z optimization).
Fixed bug GH-20914 (Internal enums can be cloned and compared).
Fix OSS-Fuzz #474613951 (Leaked parent property default value).
Fixed bug GH-20895 (ReflectionProperty does not return the PHPDoc of a property if it contains an attribute with a Closure).
Fixed bug GH-20766 (Use-after-free in FE_FREE with GC interaction).
Fix OSS-Fuzz #471486164 (Broken by-ref assignment to uninitialized hooked backing value).
Fix OSS-Fuzz #438780145 (Nested finally with repeated return type check may uaf).
Fixed bug GH-20905 (Lazy proxy bailing __clone assertion).
Fixed bug GH-20479 (Hooked object properties overflow).
Date:
Update timelib to 2022.16.
DOM:
Fixed GH-21041 (Dom\HTMLDocument corrupts closing tags within scripts).
MbString:
Fixed bug GH-20833 (mb_str_pad() divide by zero if padding string is invalid in the encoding).
Fixed bug GH-20836 (Stack overflow in mb_convert_variables with recursive array references).
Opcache:
Fixed bug GH-20818 (Segfault in Tracing JIT with object reference).
OpenSSL:
Fix memory leaks when sk_X509_new_null() fails.
Fix crash when in openssl_x509_parse() when i2s_ASN1_INTEGER() fails.
Fix crash in openssl_x509_parse() when X509_NAME_oneline() fails.
Phar:
Fixed bug GH-20882 (buildFromIterator breaks with missing base directory).
PGSQL:
Fixed INSERT/UPDATE queries building with PQescapeIdentifier() and possible UB.
Readline:
Fixed bug GH-18139 (Memory leak when overriding some settings via readline_info()).
SPL:
Fixed bug GH-20856 (heap-use-after-free in SplDoublyLinkedList iterator when modifying during iteration).
Standard:
Fixed bug #74357 (lchown fails to change ownership of symlink with ZTS) (Jakub Zelenka)
Fixed bug GH-20843 (var_dump() crash with nested objects) (David Carlier)
[H3] Version 8.5.2
15 Jan 2026
Core:
Fix OSS-Fuzz #465488618 (Wrong assumptions when dumping function signature with dynamic class const lookup default argument).
Fixed bug GH-20695 (Assertion failure in normalize_value() when parsing malformed INI input via parse_ini_string()).
Fixed bug GH-20714 (Uncatchable exception thrown in generator).
Fixed bug GH-20352 (UAF in php_output_handler_free via re-entrant ob_start() during error deactivation).
Fixed bug GH-20745 ("Casting out of range floats to int" applies to strings).
DOM:
Fixed bug GH-20722 (Null pointer dereference in DOM namespace node cloning via clone on malformed objects).
Fixed bug GH-20444 (Dom\XMLDocument::C14N() seems broken compared to DOMDocument::C14N()).
EXIF:
Fixed bug GH-20631 (Integer underflow in exif HEIF parsing when pos.size < 2).
Intl:
Fix leak in umsg_format_helper().
LDAP:
Fix memory leak in ldap_set_options().
Lexbor:
Fixed bug GH-20668 (\Uri\WhatWg\Url::withHost() crashes (SEGV) for URLs using the file: scheme).
Mbstring:
Fixed bug GH-20674 (mb_decode_mimeheader does not handle separator).
PCNTL:
Fixed bug with pcntl_getcpuaffinity() on solaris regarding invalid process ids handling.
Phar:
Fixed bug GH-20732 (Phar::LoadPhar undefined behavior when reading fails).
Fix SplFileInfo::openFile() in write mode.
Fix build on legacy OpenSSL 1.1.0 systems.
Fixed bug #74154 (Phar extractTo creates empty files).
Session:
Fix support for MM module.
Sqlite3:
Fixed bug GH-20699 (SQLite3Result fetchArray return array|false, null returned).
Standard:
Fix error check for proc_open() command.
Fix memory leak in mail() when header key is numeric.
Fixed bug GH-20582 (Heap Buffer Overflow in iptcembed).
URI:
Fixed bug GH-20771 (Assertion failure when getUnicodeHost() returns empty string).
Zlib:
Fix OOB gzseek() causing assertion failure.
[H3] Version 8.5.1
18 Dec 2025
Core:
Sync all boost.context files with release 1.86.0.
Fixed bug GH-20435 (SensitiveParameter doesn't work for named argument passing to variadic parameter).
Fixed bug GH-20546 (preserve_none attribute configure check on macOs issue).
Fixed bug GH-20286 (use-after-destroy during userland stream_close()).
Bz2:
Fix assertion failures resulting in crashes with stream filter object parameters.
DOM:
Fix memory leak when edge case is hit when registering xpath callback.
Fixed bug GH-20395 (querySelector and querySelectorAll requires elements in $selectors to be lowercase).
Fix missing NUL byte check on C14NFile().
Fibers:
Fixed bug GH-20483 (ASAN stack overflow with fiber.stack_size INI small value).
Intl:
Fixed bug GH-20426 (Spoofchecker::setRestrictionLevel() error message suggests missing constants).
Lexbor:
Fixed bug GH-20501 (\Uri\WhatWg\Url lose host after calling withPath() or withQuery()).
Fixed bug GH-20502 (\Uri\WhatWg\Url crashes (SEGV) when parsing malformed URL due to Lexbor memory corruption).
LibXML:
Fix some deprecations on newer libxml versions regarding input buffer/parser handling.
MySQLnd:
Fixed bug GH-20528 (Regression breaks mysql connexion using an IPv6 address enclosed in square brackets).
Opcache:
Fixed bug GH-20329 (opcache.file_cache broken with full interned string buffer).
PDO:
Fixed bug GH-20553 (PDO::FETCH_CLASSTYPE ignores $constructorArgs in PHP 8.5.0).
Fixed GHSA-8xr5-qppj-gvwj (PDO quoting result null deref). (CVE-2025-14180)
Phar:
Fixed bug GH-20442 (Phar does not respect case-insensitiveness of __halt_compiler() when reading stub).
Fix broken return value of fflush() for phar file entries.
Fix assertion failure when fseeking a phar file out of bounds.
PHPDBG:
Fixed ZPP type violation in phpdbg_get_executable() and phpdbg_end_oplog().
SPL:
Fixed bug GH-20614 (SplFixedArray incorrectly handles references in deserialization).
Standard:
Fix memory leak in array_diff() with custom type checks.
Fixed bug GH-20583 (Stack overflow in http_build_query via deep structures).
Fixed GHSA-www2-q4fc-65wf (Null byte termination in dns_get_record()).
Fixed GHSA-h96m-rvf9-jgm2 (Heap buffer overflow in array_merge()). (CVE-2025-14178)
Fixed GHSA-3237-qqm7-mfv7 (Information Leak of Memory in getimagesize). (CVE-2025-14177)
URI:
Fixed bug GH-20366 (ext/uri incorrectly throws ValueError when encountering null byte).
Fixed CVE-2025-67899 (uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption).
XML:
Fixed bug GH-20439 (xml_set_default_handler() does not properly handle special characters in attributes when passing data to callback).
Zip:
Fix crash in property existence test.
Don't truncate return value of zip_fread() with user sizes.
Zlib:
Fix assertion failures resulting in crashes with stream filter object parameters.
[H3] Version 8.5.0
20 Nov 2025
Core:
Added the #[\NoDiscard] attribute to indicate that a function's return value is important and should be consumed.
Added the (void) cast to indicate that not using a value is intentional.
Added get_error_handler(), get_exception_handler() functions.
Added support for casts in constant expressions.
Added the pipe (|>) operator.
Added the #[\DelayedTargetValidation] attribute to delay target errors for internal attributes from compile time to runtime.
Added support for `final` with constructor property promotion.
Added support for configuring the URI parser for the FTP/FTPS as well as the SSL/TLS stream wrappers as described in https://wiki.php.net/rfc/url_parsing_api#plugability.
Added PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER constant.
Added PHP_BUILD_DATE constant.
Added support for Closures and first class callables

[H1] News Archive - 2026
Here are the most important news items we have published in 2026 on PHP.net.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Laravel Live Denmark is back! The conference is a two-day Laravel conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 20 - 21. August 2026.

Join us and 300 other Laravel and PHP enthusiasts from around the world got for two days of learning, 16 speakers and more within the Laravel community.
Information:
August 20-21, 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
16 speakers
+300 Laravel and PHP enthusiasts

For more information, see Laravel Live Denmark 2026.

You can also find us at Twitter.

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.

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The
PHP Velho Oeste
is a national-level conference that takes place annually in the West of Santa Catarina, Brazil,
known as Velho Oeste(Old West).
Knowledge + Networking
In this event, several relevant topics will be covered, from the latest language updates to best
development practices. You will have the opportunity to expand your PHP knowledge and stay up to date
with the latest market trends.
Date: May 29-30, 2025
Location: Unochapecó Noble Hall in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
See how it was last year:
PHP Velho Oeste 2025.
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