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 8.6.0RC5

Download source code 34.58MB
Download tests package (phpt) 19.53MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 37.89MB 03 Nov 2026 71423b02e00df22bdf8f0f83ba3bfd4ce1fdffeb82cbf067227bf32fb864e7f7
Debug Pack 54.45MB 03 Nov 2026 8e3c2c4736c87cc95e42146668f7af849a223be12f4f93ed8e6cf73d910ff5ad
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 4d0456282bf7f08fb27e8faaae6824541d5bbdf192b8ce41804a2248edad0597

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 33.2MB 03 Nov 2026 9ad7d358c1c1d1e2af6b332d695d0f9ef767b8977512d96245aa8d737cb53f4d
Debug Pack 51.54MB 03 Nov 2026 ef61d8885f3b86423e060755e0a064d46ebce129d7ece3cfbf902c1af5317527
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 3f3590fd361652742f6947310b4cae95b4692f90f4272efeb3b2e7c841253094

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 37.83MB 03 Nov 2026 f054198ba6beea0a22a2179e6192c40b33dc245f25b336d3fa29f0c4af29eed3
Debug Pack 54.05MB 03 Nov 2026 35fe5c3d7a12c9574f596bc6900fbd3bdcf039e93d32277192a4b683c375f9c1
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 176c0447ce7f1e1e6ffa27ccb220a5d5406e720476ba3f127e5d7d13aff60c1d

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.18MB 03 Nov 2026 1420cf51179297eaeb051cfb093a8b1e594ff3673878de9ab663551d0a518004
Debug Pack 51.52MB 03 Nov 2026 f66c5abafe30ef8e7c0e99ccc2ab1c919a7a881c5af7e6d21d8f3f9ca6f4bef4
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 29580d8978605b3fe84dc7bfc7486f8143f8e5d423b5e0b8201239f1d514e25d

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