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 8.6.0alpha1

php-8.6.0alpha1.tar.bz2 02 Jul 2026 c4f1733b93f3c0d7fcfe381bdafc28daf283bac42441a2809645897b1f557a1a
php-8.6.0alpha1.tar.gz 02 Jul 2026 253d9ff1f03bd17ddf0aaed423b59a37d8f9567858df44d30d3c42c14301a7ab
php-8.6.0alpha1.tar.xz 02 Jul 2026 2d4cba8e5511b026b0c786c69b3272fe53dc8643f086cd10fc0e902c20a1757c

Windows Builds

PHP 8.6.0alpha1

Download source code 32.45MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.43MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 34.9MB 30 Jun 2026 7f812884884905729c3fbc362ad3a2d27803f6bebcfe9ebba9529a42f5b7d01d
Debug Pack 41.46MB 30 Jun 2026 53312176a54f572508c144a2cafc3ae233b1c332ee49875c1e8bd66bda428a29
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.68MB 30 Jun 2026 4ab9a6eae74dc9be40096c50710cb33de3f3279cea5e821516edd66f5668f167

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.87MB 30 Jun 2026 7be5cda68835ca1a47f0ad24520f2cdca825bc298a6c6d82a9488bed139560c9
Debug Pack 41.31MB 30 Jun 2026 1ed1f5258356e704e32ea7759bdffbf51a73d5de0df4f486f2f15dc62477306e
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.68MB 30 Jun 2026 512c611a48f8fdf4c85a2c710f8c39eca43e692fdee8fd3f84e57638bc083f7f

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 34.81MB 30 Jun 2026 8582a36d3c68d6391f68bb8d24a23bbc0c86f7a51153a9ee4cb94176bf564d0f
Debug Pack 41.28MB 30 Jun 2026 d1ea7b599f28acde60d7b959a6a5b1a07c49a45e32bea3b7c44103f7475a00a0
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 30 Jun 2026 93a468bbd0589b66a563e34807dde010457d8f7f292616be262475d9271aa75c

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.85MB 30 Jun 2026 ef5f62e24b7cabe98319aa3910520d3b99bd50a7a24f97b4254b7fa4e061d26b
Debug Pack 41.24MB 30 Jun 2026 848661f7a8e262c3ababca4434d2034276976ed9cc0342db688b38a1e57ce742
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 30 Jun 2026 f38f944d04d93ed9cda31836c82e83a3c1ab6ae09492ff2f660f8d9baea2382a