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 8.5.8RC1

php-8.5.8RC1.tar.bz2 18 Jun 2026 353379137daafd2164011e36349d3ba9625b98f41d82a0451ec53f20462b68a0
php-8.5.8RC1.tar.gz 18 Jun 2026 57f93d2e0d76a26ac955e30cfab81dd910fc48e8bf78b3a15ff67df63a92ac72
php-8.5.8RC1.tar.xz 18 Jun 2026 b4c8d96c481f3aa9b6cf2b5b01e190a70e657b5decda658b7c0cd11616deb9d4

PHP 8.4.23RC1

php-8.4.23RC1.tar.bz2 18 Jun 2026 e15a82d2841aee277e21506e7e9056747035f0c89f05de7d9d0d4199e872b39f
php-8.4.23RC1.tar.gz 18 Jun 2026 ab863318f529ace5e1f96db1670e3ca537d10668fbe055ca76b7d9d098303137
php-8.4.23RC1.tar.xz 18 Jun 2026 c5d532ac0d599413a1771ed894102f4d5a255e47a81ffa3475c6dae6d097227a

Windows Builds

PHP 8.5.8RC1

Download source code 32.07MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.12MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 34.23MB 18 Jun 2026 1a216d57e6322e9ecf0b03ee7121a324e51407ce84f25e468857ecba4103db80
Debug Pack 39.64MB 18 Jun 2026 1453a8859a57021f029568fce9b0d0ad73c98ee801f77e992eb987428be27ad4
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 18 Jun 2026 0910b8efaf3ec9f0dd4e6d1afe1f57bf7b09d9a61ebda69440c18db7ba8a01b9

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.64MB 18 Jun 2026 dbbb9f8024613ef0da79d311d43c500c851240516e1c6ee2c9a261485fba5048
Debug Pack 40.18MB 18 Jun 2026 1c10e0706f9028ad89f5d774a0fb38176c5a56162e6d904afe8038e3b3c7a247
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 18 Jun 2026 b28135b9ce35a00383ebaa0444ec40364f841add19f1e7a76260d3503038ac59

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 34.11MB 18 Jun 2026 b8912806dbcfd4118d189bb475dac4fa121dff02a3538235254622b97d5627fd
Debug Pack 39.63MB 18 Jun 2026 58cb50669f17784890ac587e8212f61545e1c8813692f6dd1b24fbe80340b262
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.66MB 18 Jun 2026 e9c2faf111bc90158007f29ae031fe31cb4ed9bdc866d43ac288d038c897fcfd

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.59MB 18 Jun 2026 fc47b8d6b634f19fb81ad6aca7265d3226d9654c06d6fc7e8fa114d6c1047c2b
Debug Pack 40.2MB 18 Jun 2026 55a62f8901dd57c7110f8881fe9c077f382704c99da9e222bf706514e444ed02
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.66MB 18 Jun 2026 91e53c6e2acd028a956f6c063fc4d6103bcf4be7e5d111840629b5145cfbe227

PHP 8.4.23RC1

Download source code 29.74MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.53MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.19MB 18 Jun 2026 ef9d2d6ec52c0d01b4b572842e111598b80edaf6e0e81d91c820499f3675e96b
Debug Pack 39.03MB 18 Jun 2026 daf0f1402a11608bee479898da260678e2b14097181159441d16b08c00270206
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 18 Jun 2026 d47f63c6ffa7aa4305537c24226c174fdc18d1240a0be773609e57c3976b505b

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.8MB 18 Jun 2026 31a1595467862618465f6ab247a7248856c7ab16d8a232b4fec7319c0ac4880a
Debug Pack 39.57MB 18 Jun 2026 89f6fa6775e0250d2c47e60a013e83a846fc1d12b128d4e1ad83ff7381e84fc1
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 18 Jun 2026 29cc56bff99f9c2764f683a808d51a73e93a666af400b2fd7caaa1221d493456

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.04MB 18 Jun 2026 c2e422c3d5f2f15a09ca4d61783b0c14ff440a5acae85a3ef24186c6fe7d628a
Debug Pack 38.95MB 18 Jun 2026 c306fc6a8c10659b702f34688951b9f5e894d8506c817933b3308ab8a8434a36
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 18 Jun 2026 8a14df8dc626d68efed2ea09809faa64ba327bf01e7795e97965e3954f588dc7

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 29.74MB 18 Jun 2026 7c7224850fe62148531d9a45d3c9af8ba53e2b0bff182745e634d1d2ccec70f1
Debug Pack 39.51MB 18 Jun 2026 9317cbb4549b37d404f3ee2f730f103b6699a249e09eb7161f8106728c04dd99
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 18 Jun 2026 049c1d92e21dc8eecd7fc97a95514de3f1777e279936ecd5120eba964ae0499a