PHP 8.5.0 RC 2 available for testing

Release Candidate Builds

This page contains links to the Release Candidate 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.

Available QA Releases:

PHP 8.3.27RC1

php-8.3.27RC1.tar.bz2 09 Oct 2025 b6299ac3e1d64873016134d24a5d29364301dc487246fec1546a9202fff3d1c3
php-8.3.27RC1.tar.gz 09 Oct 2025 ceb41d62a352335e973fc4f1a41c362ee390afe177274efaa614db702daf2f4e
php-8.3.27RC1.tar.xz 09 Oct 2025 2c34e49f4396b8de245970f9717abe4431b46e16b6fa4d937208928931dfc2f5

PHP 8.4.14RC1

php-8.4.14RC1.tar.bz2 09 Oct 2025 7004bdb9eb56bd236ca4878d5535d62b3a59ee5c7eb676990d71b06a43dfbfe4
php-8.4.14RC1.tar.gz 09 Oct 2025 5c41a7ac2bb5a8c2db9b13863a554e5f3b6cb1b6377be4b6d22599e0cb129c9e
php-8.4.14RC1.tar.xz 09 Oct 2025 afa5d25db94f1f34baeddcb8682dfea212f56e3a142651c27a11ca96c1fe5484

PHP 8.5.0RC2

php-8.5.0RC2.tar.bz2 09 Oct 2025 850dda2016231d27fc33bbc13c26e9957ec9aa1dae7aefb3eaf75cba4eb9aa71
php-8.5.0RC2.tar.gz 09 Oct 2025 9ba719c814e0e84575aece7c9011dfa2f05479413b3007955dafa1b2537700fc
php-8.5.0RC2.tar.xz 09 Oct 2025 ddd3edd3d627174b192f9f95934d483da0ba4bbce0bf3f7d255ec65d43dccea0

Windows users: See here for the Windows QA builds.