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 8.6.0beta2

php-8.6.0beta2.tar.bz2 27 Aug 2026 d296d7862d63f37cf0fb1c268d99d54ea9b9a889bf2c14f3e12d67def2b9d860
php-8.6.0beta2.tar.gz 27 Aug 2026 050002aecf33584ea5caca4afebda0437b6cd224a7b0cb82cdf8e96776060c6b
php-8.6.0beta2.tar.xz 27 Aug 2026 61debd0709c7e95067d3d3ec071f7490acc3519e4a79e0e7982cabcb4f7403cd

PHP 8.5.10RC1

php-8.5.10RC1.tar.bz2 10 Sep 2026 24574eb0c8c1bceac833a5b984fcfb0cde50a019f6a757c35f28da3dc97300b9
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php-8.5.10RC1.tar.xz 10 Sep 2026 84e5d0abc91f6b1f69de6c5ec5d3720124582417c7ce6c5df742dcbada179a82

PHP 8.4.26RC1

php-8.4.26RC1.tar.bz2 10 Sep 2026 afaf140fa8f2593b3e08e3cff2ec81f62d1d8b21834439309e456c90a9ca1312
php-8.4.26RC1.tar.gz 10 Sep 2026 48a559ba2cb17f21a4bbbf21624e616e5c7e3d4ce92eba7ffbc260c3b52bba5f
php-8.4.26RC1.tar.xz 10 Sep 2026 c6e6f52752510c3b3fbaf9e34a9ec37fb17f6741fb8b2637d6804a8a71c4fc37

Windows Builds

PHP 8.6.0beta3

Download source code 33.33MB
Download tests package (phpt) 19MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 38.39MB 08 Sep 2026 3f7dfa90659e37950d53e48ef88bab0d431291800c7ca539eca5b7817dcfeb27
Debug Pack 54.49MB 08 Sep 2026 275f5a9bad9b88e855786ea55457e4c056a81b7743745100ad6de5c12d9d7aec
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 08 Sep 2026 26aa713aefeabe8bce1519ca37241ff6c18e73a18c8fb742cd067f5e6a005cf0

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 33.71MB 08 Sep 2026 9a82346785d6f9da71c2de4caec5ea414deb27a51ad9bb0f3d240dd8d2a2d67d
Debug Pack 53.32MB 08 Sep 2026 0533eb650496e8c28eabe5330a72b69c7816e8afc6298af6acb80598ebbca539
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 08 Sep 2026 d2d810f061388e9191e02e121410ba53ab9e8109a8cc144d06f30ab30eba8bff

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 38.33MB 08 Sep 2026 1a27dfa37a2155334858a1e4bf0e29b5b1c1209af0708d96f994177b5ba64775
Debug Pack 54.63MB 08 Sep 2026 cf9113c7ce65cd8a6e080ef45ab111bb34c4bb2a73b763879e0958daffe06a2f
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 08 Sep 2026 71d85c43403844dd6223fa7053476be5e9bc0fdbe22cfece358fa6dd8643323d

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.69MB 08 Sep 2026 d399b327ecc12dfd7f2824d24aa2870c06e045ec542889a4cdc0ac8970ebdaab
Debug Pack 53.28MB 08 Sep 2026 4e22ceef59e43147985d1a56df3616440dbf08b2ed73713ccf896c0a0bec9df4
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 08 Sep 2026 1cf6401bc54cb2caf5f1fdb1ca1527a9832e1856c8a565f3acf02b47ad6c6bad

PHP 8.5.11RC1

Download source code 32.24MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.27MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 34.5MB 08 Sep 2026 b23d10b60e5b87cda617d2bf5676ecfc05e1941f7a652d22bfe0ffa55b88140c
Debug Pack 40.33MB 08 Sep 2026 e3d48c98afcb29be0548cf09461616505ca82cfaf3b1dd04f549855a43568845
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 08 Sep 2026 9627e190bd258cdd5990f73729b88b13f7816c5409579b98766805dcd16be5af

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.9MB 08 Sep 2026 70109ed5ef9e07a24e8f7d614da9d872fedb5f550f6d7d28cbb56b11f965d1cb
Debug Pack 40.91MB 08 Sep 2026 f36a2b703302500836fb51e81f350d2f198efbd13955b49d9801dc32e616e032
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 08 Sep 2026 3d41dea934eb2f3124749650990ac00d0772df1602df1a772c4df4e43ea7f108

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 34.37MB 08 Sep 2026 4bd0e3d67c81f79e2bd120eb27e3f967ee27151a3cc070cb5398e21ca2a2269d
Debug Pack 40.24MB 08 Sep 2026 b558edab842c09c234be69e882b8d01d60505733c3ce6821dcedf9ce1a70045e
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 08 Sep 2026 2ee32570290742c10d5662a010fcddd5bd105de08062fbe0b0f138cc852fae60

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.85MB 08 Sep 2026 3549078bbf92f76bb49da5aaf4d6e34af7bbc0c2108583fcec22d0d9a113c553
Debug Pack 40.89MB 08 Sep 2026 f63b72b3feb4be9d38047d7021f9b6b21f51cba2f373c1631970ac1fb44e05ba
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 08 Sep 2026 530b465d4c0e832ee9a73795c37735472548c5d76cbfb5633efaa0f7025a5be8

PHP 8.4.26RC1

Download source code 30.02MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.67MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.5MB 08 Sep 2026 2fa08e4af3106836f1ab35f54afde05ed05471c6459d95a5fcfbc112ddaafe9c
Debug Pack 39.66MB 08 Sep 2026 11c6b8fc836f30fbddce048580958a0683fd3595d033e120a11c93026d93992f
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 08 Sep 2026 b9d125b0bd9d175057bf6bb43556c76e93c18149b1fce8a05801a788eb6031cf

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.1MB 08 Sep 2026 a5a0b8f0271453eca060baf38a2ab92a6a3442612d3538bea049a4f8bb08ff02
Debug Pack 40.32MB 08 Sep 2026 b58dd13652e629f552a4b1f95e1275d26ae81d577b742265840e7cd704d41194
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 08 Sep 2026 35b3ccb07a90ab1af76709f741596e92ff26debf121a989f4a253468c488fc56

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.47MB 08 Sep 2026 706aa189432a860cd07e28755a46d097a6ced1a18476b38f8e163964add2cf2f
Debug Pack 40.04MB 08 Sep 2026 8f95b0542084855e0585231cb795c8d62bebef16b75164c2bae49ed23a3dd362
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 08 Sep 2026 dae7dff797f49ab241e59e5a8d59e1dca38c62739cc5e845e7e07970dbf0b51d

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.04MB 08 Sep 2026 2360ea162601ebc3c4f56b31382b058ed544df34125458c7a5fe76f5a8b881bb
Debug Pack 40.3MB 08 Sep 2026 c89edfa06407aaa8a6ebf5014a1f9dd968dab5db444ca758fd46b409e8c54f10
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 08 Sep 2026 6d010ebaed1fee09ec269e605ccca4e16a9823e3185806790d2d165c6cf97546