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Version map

CakePHP core	branch	PHP min	PHP max
6.0 (in development)	6.x	PHP 8.5	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
5.5	5.next	PHP 8.2	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
5.4	5.x	PHP 8.2	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
5.3	-	PHP 8.2	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
5.2	-	PHP 8.1	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
5.1	-	PHP 8.1	PHP 8.4
5.0	-	PHP 8.1	PHP 8.3
4.6	4.x	PHP 7.4	Latest (PHP 8.5 confirmed)
4.0-4.5	-	PHP 7.2	PHP 8.3
3.x EOL	3.x	PHP 5.6	PHP 7.4
2.x EOL	2.x	PHP 5.3	PHP 7.4

Note:

PHP 8.0+ compatibility was added in CakePHP 4.2+.
PHP 8.2+ compatibility was added in CakePHP 4.4+.
PHP 8.3+ compatibility was added in CakePHP 4.5+.
PHP 8.4+/8.5+ compatibility was added in CakePHP 5.1+.
PHP 7.4 is the minimum from CakePHP 4.4 onwards.

Supported versions

We support fixing security issues on the following releases:

Version	Supported	Security fixes until
5.4	✅	The release of 5.7
5.3	✅	The release of 5.6
5.2	✅	The release of 5.5
5.1	❌	The release of 5.4 (Ended Jul 19 2026)
5.0	❌	The release of 5.2 (Ended Mar 29 2025)
4.6	✅	The release of 6.0
4.5	❌	No longer supported (Ended Sep 09 2026)
4.4	❌	No longer supported (Ended Sep 09 2026)
4.3	❌	No longer supported
4.2	❌	No longer supported
4.1	❌	No longer supported
4.0	❌	No longer supported
3.10.x	❌	No longer supported
2.10.x	❌	No longer supported

CakePHP is maintained by volunteers. When we can backport a security fix to an EOL version, we do. We can't promise that for every issue, so if you're on an EOL version, plan to upgrade to the latest 5.x release.

Important Release Dates

As announced with the 3.x end of life, 4.4 and 4.5 received bug fixes until September 2025 and security fixes until September 2026.

The 4.6 release will continue to have bugfix and security fixes applied until 6.0 releases. These dates are subject to extension based on community feedback and usage.

5.5 and 6.0 don't have release dates yet. Recent 5.x minors have been released 6 to 12 months apart.

Contributing to CakePHP

There are lots of ways you can help with CakePHP. We have guides in the book on the most common ways you can help.

Roadmaps

We are actively working on the next minor release of CakePHP 5, and starting development on CakePHP 6. Check out the active roadmaps below to see what the team is thinking about!

Next Releases

5.5 Roadmap (in development on 5.next)
6.0 Ideas (in development on 6.x)

Previous Releases

4.x End of Life

Release bug fixes until September 10 2025 (24 months after 5.0.0). 4.6 continues to receive bug fixes until CakePHP 6.0 has been released.
Release security fixes until CakePHP 6.0 has been released (TBD).

3.x End of Life

3.x has reached end of life and it will have no new releases.

Release bug fixes until December 15 2021 (24 months after 4.0.0).
Release security fixes until December 15 2022 (36 months after 4.0.0).

2.x End of Life

2.x has reached end of life and it will have no new releases.

Release bugfixes until December 15 2020 (12 months after 4.0.0).
Release security fixes until June 15 2021 (18 months after 4.0.0).

For roadmaps for existing versions see, the Archived Roadmaps page.

This wiki holds contributor and release-process documentation.

Looking for something else? User documentation lives in the Cookbook, class reference in the API docs, and support questions belong on Discord or the forum, not in the issue tracker.

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