A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the second beta release of PHP 8.5.0, Beta 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 Beta 2 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 Beta 3, planned for 11 Sep 2025.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the first beta release of PHP 8.5.0, Beta 1. 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 Beta 1 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 Beta 2, planned for 28 Aug 2025.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the third testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 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 Alpha 4 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 Beta 1, planned for 14 Aug 2025.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 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 Alpha 2 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 Alpha 3, planned for 31 Jul 2025.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the first testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 1. This starts 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 Alpha 1 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 Alpha 2, planned for 17 Jul 2025.
A focused security audit of the PHP source code (php/php-src) was recently completed, commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency, organized by The PHP Foundation in partnership with OSTIF, and performed by Quarkslab. The audit targeted the most critical parts of the codebase, leading to 27 findings, 17 with security implications, including four CVEs.
All issues have been addressed by the PHP development team. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest PHP versions to benefit from these security improvements.
