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 8.6.0RC3

php-8.6.0RC3.tar.bz2 08 Oct 2026 12d024eba9fa4bf379693c045a544eec2144de2d7de71f31a6ed4496717e0307
php-8.6.0RC3.tar.gz 08 Oct 2026 a40085cef8bfb560ed3649cd83879e768ab22fe4cee467aa56b1b795c92e057d
php-8.6.0RC3.tar.xz 08 Oct 2026 131f87a206bdd90c178d8e44e80243ae0c333c4cee8531f63d1caa9acdd8696a

PHP 8.5.12RC1

php-8.5.12RC1.tar.bz2 08 Oct 2026 64d8ebe6d9b67da88ea16b2f500fe59779f1ac8f1438a34165965f0aa867b38e
php-8.5.12RC1.tar.gz 08 Oct 2026 b0156e0075547d9f19b5e5ccf25edc9ae310f068608dde2521f422927ac4d65e
php-8.5.12RC1.tar.xz 08 Oct 2026 29875d03efc8d9b42ad8a6faeda7616ad0771af83737695f70cf59afbae99168

PHP 8.4.27RC1

php-8.4.27RC1.tar.bz2 08 Oct 2026 50e9b8f99df25f9290030dd0a273ff5aeeee324593da5f34c2435f5b24caa4df
php-8.4.27RC1.tar.gz 08 Oct 2026 877bffdf6a65e61b9375e6bdabc1be30fd444887e7c2ca9916573a637a623540
php-8.4.27RC1.tar.xz 08 Oct 2026 40b5d8682e1789e54347714ba8c0d71817c2b8b377120c3f6c43b749dd39b74e

Windows Builds

PHP 8.6.0RC3

Download source code 33.64MB
Download tests package (phpt) 19.19MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 37.5MB 06 Oct 2026 4adb769f979f006e91d5036878ed60e05ca9f1313b33096d3414025443fbbecf
Debug Pack 53.07MB 06 Oct 2026 9c6853f425e6fea341f603253a46d3b612aa4fedcb54e2576a6aa0ca6c5abdc5
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 06 Oct 2026 2c1d1f60658868d6e2861ce59144fc3add934a4762f9c829b2f2d75f38887e97

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 32.87MB 06 Oct 2026 8af227b7467297bf8b56708d276faf6cb06a1f5b22d28035cff5bfbf99ef583a
Debug Pack 50.36MB 06 Oct 2026 b83b87b5fecbc6faac52a2fde41d02beec5554c83b6e5577ede94d37187815dc
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 06 Oct 2026 2b8e76a80c1798514869d3ed9ee092e4ad42bc6b29a18a2fdf444f4dc8049aeb

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 37.44MB 06 Oct 2026 ed902df5ac33a696ce5e43f025550362d0644c077efd91a3eb3a366900fe9bfa
Debug Pack 52.71MB 06 Oct 2026 6f1347d25f9457fadccd05d3af7afb55699aeae575f6a1a0dbaa02d4545b33b0
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.7MB 06 Oct 2026 625f21ab1252205aa36f6f089df1e91e2293956829147fda8f34364661795997

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 32.85MB 06 Oct 2026 9c6d82d88cc83fdc92d21a39692d20c08b6dde0caa4922e5ae118a18cd7ee440
Debug Pack 50.3MB 06 Oct 2026 c0a989d82135521ef41a4ca19e99428c1ee60ebc0633dfc02a98fac4d72f456e
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.7MB 06 Oct 2026 432aaef925bb4b5ec92c3b43036053cb922f86a1347fa66646500706eb3c4f9e

PHP 8.5.12RC1

Download source code 32.41MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.43MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 34.46MB 07 Oct 2026 fd5ff746ad560cc7f14b02a1b65720f1f5bba76e2d794a661a97912030ce5e1e
Debug Pack 40.38MB 07 Oct 2026 0b1372a58518b3b474ee655b7b89bda2d00ea4bb0ae4f76d6df285052447b014
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 07 Oct 2026 fc2ace7e043e8bdec0bf9622f9d9382ae5a2a2c2a5f8d87b336b56af1d945a5d

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.92MB 07 Oct 2026 1ad789c004916970bb5d48868e7f574f2455aa92936ed7bded58e251a3101ce1
Debug Pack 40.99MB 07 Oct 2026 15becb3ecfa915ef77bcdd25ea32b1d723bb22aa6b3b1b6852eb2d8d3be95a35
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 07 Oct 2026 1d58255e547030ed314bbfa27c351e3d0d66d6f5f5a8378bf3bd5397531e7d60

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 34.33MB 07 Oct 2026 e1fe8c45b5f5dc30b5b25e3eb9ba46980b6143cca7a687ee019b5ccb44568847
Debug Pack 40.41MB 07 Oct 2026 73fe019fb3534003c9090d503e8e6906965ab12fab938623ae135fef540a4044
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 07 Oct 2026 8720f46a8ac777dc29c42fb917431a799e7243e19116d6888f0c46284d11fa05

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.87MB 07 Oct 2026 03b641f8fe1a94c14717d35991f869b1b03efa3a957b7e722ec0fb4f41b65877
Debug Pack 40.96MB 07 Oct 2026 c31471921dd6aad9ee8cb596508adf8eb32e4f963a8558de53687575c8e87b97
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 07 Oct 2026 b0b34784921b5646e97a5f8fd8139a80362c48fdd20ad31f15e5c57bcb2a81bd

PHP 8.4.27RC1

Download source code 30.17MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.81MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.53MB 06 Oct 2026 3c07755da839222abe4e449f741bb4c249d32d9692e067f724fafb76edbe1751
Debug Pack 39.8MB 06 Oct 2026 1b73e58435075b21075dbd35f4ed12bc01a676ba291a18dd0f13bc868fa1cf27
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 06 Oct 2026 ec0208b575afa1bd7f5ee8d8b82fbe3591669f36efac3bd26e33ec413d70f414

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.13MB 06 Oct 2026 2f9df6895bf3e34a65a4864701d016a2cde64a4d35458748efdfe977736b1a6e
Debug Pack 40.34MB 06 Oct 2026 aebc024b7be215a089beed4012c5bfe7159beb106b92ae735d74ad92d3fd021d
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 06 Oct 2026 3ed50e16ae157b30c6bb4fe9d2e3c4701a55eaaae908767c354bd7220162b853

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.37MB 06 Oct 2026 6ea7ddc9209568295fe352bd2caf4b4f744b459263f0b23f479d98c48c4bb91a
Debug Pack 39.73MB 06 Oct 2026 d52c40223b7b7dd6360374b152d33dd0854272a5709628d4326a9e06e92256aa
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 06 Oct 2026 be52c465b4348f85f60335ed99bd46ab446f18b451fe6b4739e7f606b237bf8c

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.06MB 06 Oct 2026 2b18f0e0e2ef72be144a42ececab2b46a55a18741e0f264d540811eabe738cce
Debug Pack 40.25MB 06 Oct 2026 3069dc88d2e86b7d482596fdcd5d1a9bf9d5f6afcb28c5dd0171757cc4dc27d0
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 06 Oct 2026 e6abbf834b4c4d1d89894739370a66d1a94c0d017d338eb99dda09907a4c4cd6