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 8.3.28RC1

php-8.3.28RC1.tar.bz2 06 Nov 2025 8edc0baafb631df086ab626018c0799dc70c920262ffb44af43de949c49f7cd1
php-8.3.28RC1.tar.gz 06 Nov 2025 b94c43815ccb642ed0e95f55e8558b266b8ef50c146d33eaefb5073147a3297c
php-8.3.28RC1.tar.xz 06 Nov 2025 1a528543ebbed745101606b36d5cef032e485a8dee5c9073373eac1f9f8b0391

PHP 8.4.15RC1

php-8.4.15RC1.tar.bz2 06 Nov 2025 f6540192e152f23b620718e516026b5b75bd6b3f5b63efe81c001426be82103e
php-8.4.15RC1.tar.gz 06 Nov 2025 e0fa65261c114161b1c95274c0e9a4f0e0b77d4895104e99055c907806c8f90f
php-8.4.15RC1.tar.xz 06 Nov 2025 0674d217795e27b61c873d69197ba30be44e86a8af23faf171283cc4bd28d5ed

PHP 8.5.0RC5

php-8.5.0RC5.tar.bz2 13 Nov 2025 0d5f8b55a0f5350c55526e34372037348e0bc959d14d7f8e25d7b3237be2fc63
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php-8.5.0RC5.tar.xz 13 Nov 2025 4964cdbaf2447afba100c4199ec9c59c41ca4cc23db8d1e38ac7e57aab028954

Windows Builds:

PHP 8.3.28RC1

Download source code 26.73MB
Download tests package (phpt) 16.68MB

VS16 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 30.87MB 05 Nov 2025 62185897f775f91a324f180887bd5a07a9763d3bc99ac1047e0f3a90de85ed37
Debug Pack 30.26MB 05 Nov 2025 cd212a1865a4398647d24335caec97828a22d1b7b8e1b7c7c910a01527d467fd
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.26MB 05 Nov 2025 ea6ead67d77114734d885cbeaafc61b0c2bb57ea81a68984d10770d7f88ff034

VS16 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 27.58MB 05 Nov 2025 00d9c84817902ce9dc1248a045e3f98f4fd596b25129032966bc51dcd09952d0
Debug Pack 29.98MB 05 Nov 2025 3fb82db3e4e032c7fe0c8dc3f9e3748ce13de4e641151fd21f9e65a7c391ff36
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.26MB 05 Nov 2025 4a3658d8715574412a39ee5f8026028dec0074067199c28e6242b353fadec371

VS16 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.72MB 05 Nov 2025 effcaf745e64ee091a414d5aa10e22f127a50298a6acb476c6d08b88d57eeebd
Debug Pack 30.31MB 05 Nov 2025 83561da24f9b421fbfdfbc7fd8126223781c6ddc7efe1e7d693f43e2ae89b099
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.26MB 05 Nov 2025 ff2ccbede38bf38e13f57600bb412ae3e2cf7ec6809885166f59dbebafaa8e2f

VS16 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 27.6MB 05 Nov 2025 f0e9c3059a3e2da9632c9d7677a1df134eee4d58b4b64f1c9b4640fd7172fdfc
Debug Pack 30.47MB 05 Nov 2025 f976ea421b22cb74451285f5055c5e0d1a78acb8b0f28f70d9f53b9a7dfa2271
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.26MB 05 Nov 2025 dff0b7aaeab58f8ee7bafa8ccdf072469416595400ef8880165a256f7d0af953

PHP 8.4.15RC1

Download source code 29.55MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.43MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 32.11MB 05 Nov 2025 775576a8596fa651c5f7cd119fee48f4008eb91c7317f8e52fa1141eac028270
Debug Pack 36.88MB 05 Nov 2025 1ffd26d04384b547b88d13106a95d13243cf19a6ead176e82c849d2881f06d52
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 05 Nov 2025 b8901ffa15346ffe7c4dca64b18af2019c005749af6737028b9c1f5f18fb4903

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 28.69MB 05 Nov 2025 8d5bfe32576b4b98580aa5433f6e08033b62a4962acf8ccf3cd261e15810768e
Debug Pack 37.35MB 05 Nov 2025 2dc6ada5c5a6f7e4b7638487a233b076e410ceba2af6be7f991c58ce831ffc62
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 05 Nov 2025 f8ce9f21d99b95285646fd8fcd839b57554032590175cad660961953e163e8c8

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 31.95MB 05 Nov 2025 2b02a498d46826387e25b48fac7d6556ee3bed246cb596a636e2ef4539e8288c
Debug Pack 36.8MB 05 Nov 2025 d9503e21efd4684d89587964f3fc5d202154acce26ef6c677fe6a54914e1590b
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 05 Nov 2025 4345373539bca1106e345986c7d9a57d523fbe0a3abda6db8b47cbfb2eae5e32

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 28.68MB 05 Nov 2025 0bfe37fcf0d43391d0a6909e7de664af2f9b92571e2aba03192e1178f3a93c55
Debug Pack 37.37MB 05 Nov 2025 1b266f053a56064eb46b37661d3296d4914590b19f4f7aa4680300ba0d932e7b
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 05 Nov 2025 8b1ad7e9fa1a0ea225a05ecbbad492ac85eb58f82510883194bcf8a9dc2a527b

PHP 8.5.0RC5

Download source code 31.65MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.98MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.09MB 12 Nov 2025 705462e7e9c8dbbda2231df3980b90bb213dd16dc3e0b60efbcda7c0491ab25f
Debug Pack 37.56MB 12 Nov 2025 0ea3b8cd77a3a5eeb56b214497155c6e0451bad25697eece776fdfe26450b50d
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 12 Nov 2025 506be633421aa8806ee396f542f754af84a3432ff037899b7037c59c0dff5533

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.52MB 12 Nov 2025 d6f51a986bfd06802840ee97506a5e34646eda4621ede6909a45eb153bbccd8f
Debug Pack 38.17MB 12 Nov 2025 d696d8e4a2edd39d07635c5dac497e08f6ae44f371e804268f65d8e40e367dd0
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 12 Nov 2025 21af3b3da3c843215366b6a11730e94c0ffc1c35a0b41f57060e791b0c5127ba

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 32.96MB 12 Nov 2025 3bad2a4bb1287092c8226d7c83d20e29c2eadea0e27f4859f51856d0ba05e5e1
Debug Pack 37.52MB 12 Nov 2025 678792b4c17b3d92c06c7ff4a0871e9b68e1fe1542b9bb2b85b30983b46d1f5c
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 12 Nov 2025 c304904874f2e27212eaaa58af5518db71c63f0fa02dc137105d98472e8f918f

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 29.46MB 12 Nov 2025 748b0c22569925ec464e2fa3f6a92ebd6d629fce5693ebc0cfd2664504d503e6
Debug Pack 38.1MB 12 Nov 2025 e1f582338f33cec9395a05ba1a89e1db467e6ef56f399b5e8f10a36c365a11ed
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 12 Nov 2025 9cc32e26706a3288238a1c196fc9f96539d5963ec23f864c5255376760b82b62