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 8.5.3RC1

php-8.5.3RC1.tar.bz2 29 Jan 2026 3ee15446ce78722807e2f7b7bc4a05248005e258d16eec8693091235b66eb335
php-8.5.3RC1.tar.gz 29 Jan 2026 63ce96a80c466891fdb1d4841704c846bb71c2b10c1bdaeb0298332dd4863087
php-8.5.3RC1.tar.xz 29 Jan 2026 a73812e2b30a5f40833432fb329c51ca5ed3099180940090a5ebdb6303a1280a

PHP 8.4.18RC1

php-8.4.18RC1.tar.bz2 29 Jan 2026 7f3419fbdc0a6163f4bd4408093de90939b595e940d683001d354fb004fb3a7e
php-8.4.18RC1.tar.gz 29 Jan 2026 b92a28c12d63354c57c2d5a7981f2881bee6804ffe39a9ca5865d9ec52d5fb0c
php-8.4.18RC1.tar.xz 29 Jan 2026 71feee47858318279cea6bc30a565076a3f498647a9be47b261c8dbe73069ead

Windows Builds

PHP 8.5.3RC1

Download source code 31.72MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.04MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.45MB 27 Jan 2026 031bbc90d026e7b924f12963a2ad73a521e959c54a27a3f89e21cb91404c06d4
Debug Pack 38.37MB 27 Jan 2026 b627f2eeb742143dc1ec1510442150cca897c916db8869d9a9c5c066df7de925
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 27 Jan 2026 5572fa464286a9f6dda02cb78827b133bf6d033f6fc1df081a9d7220121a2177

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.81MB 27 Jan 2026 b7a562f05f803af13b355cdc807832204cfc319d0a73d67995400050fb520047
Debug Pack 38.93MB 27 Jan 2026 5ae22f1cf915d81bbefbc34241294249a2460e96481ba777ce75c2e98740d393
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 27 Jan 2026 ab81ad04b80427acf8daa24899ad5ae457e4f77cd7ecd9a1035d8a7a722df5c7

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.32MB 27 Jan 2026 f206e0423e15386b4c49b715fc24b9a63aeed4edbe95ee03b8f25c934b5d7072
Debug Pack 38.21MB 27 Jan 2026 a6d567c33f732bb356fdd1d2b76704a6b8b36e37352065538d2fe0b23915f8b5
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 27 Jan 2026 a4a158497fe07dcf770d8b59471e7022308a481c4304ee13c8143965e967a955

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 29.76MB 27 Jan 2026 7a6ae502a8291e1ea5ac98ef271a83cf8d18de24132e97805a1eb6455579891d
Debug Pack 38.92MB 27 Jan 2026 1cbfeaeb5352d05dd523a4c3d14fdf69e1d36bea803d43138c4393b0bda7ab25
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.64MB 27 Jan 2026 d1c192b601774488246ae46b5f382d0a528a4933c01a65ccace191b59ecf2868

PHP 8.4.18RC1

Download source code 29.6MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.47MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 32.46MB 27 Jan 2026 e800c32beed053b51f1a3afaa771d7a456b442f1c5d0ce31f5af913ea6c20ce5
Debug Pack 37.59MB 27 Jan 2026 39d65634c4d59dca978ccc24c690c82ab8c569516794991dd315ee6ad66b6d4c
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 27 Jan 2026 f5615ff0648f4e60f18537aa742de0fe96c59409e3dd9a270421ddc390369ed5

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.04MB 27 Jan 2026 92f42231b51d064d6d68382a5d3aae22bb54f801c62d746794c045f6419efec8
Debug Pack 38.25MB 27 Jan 2026 8b22db7568bdee3d6fb7a38798a2a9e1c6ea479429a3fe1a34099eaac3104d53
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 27 Jan 2026 0797fbb6d59fbd7e15d49cf98c5aa87d7f36a144de8eb6285489e5d7e8c13792

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 32.31MB 27 Jan 2026 066fd9c45eb5a6b94d5a6548307ef36873844aa13ed13e4e1e7af563455a6bf5
Debug Pack 37.59MB 27 Jan 2026 c3b35098e38ced11d30b77918a5a59e8a5f62cb7565098a48bd690760921ed53
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 27 Jan 2026 ad408424c66b417505574867f7497fbb5c82f08c2aab67c923a2b01658c753fc

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 28.97MB 27 Jan 2026 ac7c63575592ec0bda1771354b7c2092c65dc12e778521db697f763fbc076835
Debug Pack 38.17MB 27 Jan 2026 20e1903b86eafe873dce91b8043243624f5c3a03276b0278a1cb4665cc0623cd
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 27 Jan 2026 58e02368772094651425ed26a73b71bdfc3b2a1ba6cdb9326b8c4b0df538bbea