PHP.net news & announcements

1. betterCode() PHP 2025

   With version 8.5, PHP continues to evolve in its thirtieth year: the new pipe operator and numerous performance improvements make your development more efficient. At the same time, FrankenPHP is establishing itself in Caddy Server, a European open-source solution, as a modern alternative to Nginx.

   betterCode() PHP supports you in using PHP 8.5, switching to FrankenPHP and the Caddy Server. Artificial intelligence is also part of the software development toolkit today: if you want to use it effectively, you need clear architectures, clean code, and solid patterns.

   betterCode() PHP 2025 is an online conference lasting one day, with most of the presentations delivered in German.

2. PHP 8.3.27 Released!

   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.

3. PHP 8.4.14 Released!

   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.

4. PHP 8.5.0 RC 3 available for testing

   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.

5. PHP 8.5.0 RC 2 available for testing

   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.