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GeezerVison is showing www.php.net — PHP: Pre-Release Builds

PHP 8.6.0 RC5 available for testing

    Pre-Release Builds

    This page contains links to the Pre-release builds that the release managers create before each actual release. These builds are meant for the community to test whether no inadvertent changes have been made, and whether no regressions have been introduced.

    Source Builds

    PHP 8.6.0RC5

    • php-8.6.0RC5.tar.bz2 05 Nov 2026 8d6080150fd290d6ea9725928040a2dafe564d43d08badbca130d716947264bc
    • php-8.6.0RC5.tar.gz 05 Nov 2026 0056e79b4622ed182882fc4cdb22158655703e9c90dccf7509e4500c8e924122
    • php-8.6.0RC5.tar.xz 05 Nov 2026 abd7e3a652cfec56a2904abef7e8f37206fa07a8c1505a5a8a9bfdd25a1f1ba9

    PHP 8.5.13RC1

    • php-8.5.13RC1.tar.bz2 05 Nov 2026 bafc2cd487e3f9366ac22d6da421b674539c6a0454573bc2380f5525efdb6199
    • php-8.5.13RC1.tar.gz 05 Nov 2026 1e58c71d6dfdaf6748b5419ed12b485e01a1da755400b1213b241c2029752dd5
    • php-8.5.13RC1.tar.xz 05 Nov 2026 dd6fa1450ecb0ca96c081adbb1b0691facf6e6492d9a127960f295ec20bdca8f

    PHP 8.4.28RC1

    • php-8.4.28RC1.tar.bz2 05 Nov 2026 22add2dccb59c967e12b6be46377133d2fa43373ebf26957cf9ef1b4f29c6150
    • php-8.4.28RC1.tar.gz 05 Nov 2026 88c9127c40a464f19249cf5f111f2b6b4d67cd2f4ecbe3b57786921103d61103
    • php-8.4.28RC1.tar.xz 05 Nov 2026 1d37bf6de7dd78d1cdc233709ce86c4c38825b9ad61d5790862783718087c87d

    Windows Builds

    PHP 8.6.0RC7

    • Download source code 34.59MB
    • Download tests package (phpt) 19.53MB
    VS18 x64 Thread Safe
    • Zip 37.89MB 12 Nov 2026 d77e921b467cc7756a6440da4be0fd0fa582a80a043cb9508d81a111b95bda7c
    • Debug Pack 54.08MB 12 Nov 2026 c21ace02465df80fe2f4cef1c8499e1d92ca225bb7a3e1896bbd1923fd1f27c1
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 12 Nov 2026 f459ac41ac481fceeae1236890908435b2c7a06ba377a24baaf6703d81c86729
    VS18 x86 Thread Safe
    • Zip 33.2MB 12 Nov 2026 dd68b99a9e5901290c76c166a6c7083fca7b5482021168506edce1081fcf8767
    • Debug Pack 51.58MB 12 Nov 2026 f95d67ddacfe24da16e7baa2b41bfd55dcf0a0d7cf2a548f1e4b34975faeca9c
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 12 Nov 2026 44cddd4824f26a5db72ce80b07d819033e3a04255473a117b836969545797edc
    VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 37.83MB 12 Nov 2026 03da81bc29974c42eb0678c2c4cf94e52c484d1dfa7a61b3c36d98eb23350588
    • Debug Pack 54.04MB 12 Nov 2026 a03cfd3d2bbe069abd016c60f958011d92798b30bd707da899405ba7e49bfea7
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 12 Nov 2026 8c95ea1a8ae791588c39a0d4919175a0c648f77d366523faf4c47499c0768255
    VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 33.18MB 12 Nov 2026 44363e659fd16f653de47fefa3097d66a15104b5b6bf26fe7b531b88f9b7cde4
    • Debug Pack 51.48MB 12 Nov 2026 d1008f6ec82de3f816a2eee23775423e60de7ce8e532068321eb5b79cd363b4c
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 12 Nov 2026 52f973bdc0e88f9b06aae4baf21f2cfac8fe5fa752d78cb83ec508b603559fff

    PHP 8.5.13RC1

    • Download source code 33.3MB
    • Download tests package (phpt) 18.71MB
    VS17 x64 Thread Safe
    • Zip 34.85MB 03 Nov 2026 57098cc120b2749b0525ef766553843233eb3c450ef7c8513bd424ec2386fd1f
    • Debug Pack 41.47MB 03 Nov 2026 939ec94df9a6b4b24340fba25ac8aea35d1ec3634d20cff8f983c53298203716
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 03 Nov 2026 754b93533016fed0b0533716b14a1305f38fbc9445809ae85cdc3827ff05959c
    VS17 x86 Thread Safe
    • Zip 31.26MB 03 Nov 2026 f3e71b1d1cb0bc8227d7993c12da0ec422271efd687196385ec3c560b6162e6d
    • Debug Pack 42.08MB 03 Nov 2026 48b12bf9dafedb0398cbc7b55e7cfd1377b41b3751835f6ff071edce1c3fe87f
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 03 Nov 2026 036aba41f84a2d4fd1eaa0af198bb4f0cf17649bb61b4fae15c7d86f3349e4d8
    VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 34.71MB 03 Nov 2026 59ed65d0bb5a0f7ec72750b20ef0052f8d88cc8b311c84f3b78c0c959214eb61
    • Debug Pack 41.41MB 03 Nov 2026 e6a156173abf1980f6d5f1b89edab77e58d6ccc1c15b246e91f9ab5ad09baf23
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 03 Nov 2026 7fc9c2ab4d53acf86bae946f64a16ec2b46e0af39a5b8401c69a7acc75e1dd70
    VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 31.21MB 03 Nov 2026 17864708640d123269b409b9dea8bbd94487c535d524ebf398a56731c0036234
    • Debug Pack 42.03MB 03 Nov 2026 ed611144f84c3fe18a1599fe1f660cc30cc29a4ccbe02e171acb633a2832f210
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 03 Nov 2026 073bc405b59973cf91f91e0c21599b6fdab20cca57a7e7f3bb6ba2a3c5b5691d

    PHP 8.4.28RC1

    • Download source code 31.04MB
    • Download tests package (phpt) 18.08MB
    VS17 x64 Thread Safe
    • Zip 33.91MB 04 Nov 2026 2cc673241c653d307bdf2d6fa38c6f58860e619f97f579917d15d58a41b7931e
    • Debug Pack 40.87MB 04 Nov 2026 7a2a3127d558cc68c348c3e5cf629b140e096e4887dbe80e67052d681caf3f36
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.37MB 04 Nov 2026 f60198676e6ab1e086032964a5e7ca2a42b499bfe4bc4aadd13f4a33334d195a
    VS17 x86 Thread Safe
    • Zip 30.47MB 04 Nov 2026 10d1addaa9e2e5cdba46af28746a67203424022b65719b5f8950cf9dcd86d54f
    • Debug Pack 41.48MB 04 Nov 2026 cbbf81ed85203d810eaa52d1dae7f9efd73ac48e324280e77b4ff7ed056f25e3
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.37MB 04 Nov 2026 6903fff82d81c1a5b7db53b8559a559808ea0f5ea52fc18954ed2bc8704bf0e3
    VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 33.75MB 04 Nov 2026 898509521d957ddf0a3eaa5aec0a7d7ae2ccf15606544ef4c48aaf026c2d6386
    • Debug Pack 40.59MB 04 Nov 2026 7df3760e231f9320e2ec9e67211a9ab1aa4a29262b763ccd1f02d6835de73674
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 04 Nov 2026 565019154f93f9fb01b4230a1e004bbc77136447bfe6e6e12eb42eaa4c60042c
    VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe
    • Zip 30.4MB 04 Nov 2026 0c4aa7c84c656b3c8544ca96a6c785a03649cd2d8d13c883c6ac7f19213e0626
    • Debug Pack 41.43MB 04 Nov 2026 46dfda7dbd9fc59c256f1dfca608728a56e96032124a506cd4d46d391d1acd20
    • Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 04 Nov 2026 c97d2830072fd9b0dd7e6e305043e6fc9d58bdf6e5942c6c7466ba947bd7617e
    Test Releases
    The downloads on this page are not meant to be run in production. They are for testing only.
    If you find a problem when running your library or application with these builds, please file a report on GitHub Issues.

    QA Releases API

    The QA API is based on the query string.

    Pass in the format parameter, with serialize or json as value to obtain all information:

    • /pre-release-builds.php?format=json
    • /pre-release-builds.php?format=serialize

    To only try dev version numbers, add only=dev_versions:

    • /pre-release-builds.php?format=json&only=dev_versions
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