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 8.5.7RC2

php-8.5.7RC2.tar.bz2 28 May 2026 3970d5f90355461be5ad2cb5693127fc4fdbef7887fcb62d865447de20be0dc0
php-8.5.7RC2.tar.gz 28 May 2026 de7f6c6b374e939a38996a499371d8f7e9eeae7d95aee766ad8f025449d780e7
php-8.5.7RC2.tar.xz 28 May 2026 b723228ff7b6656555707811447b505215cc363438aeb24e877b9ff6bf59bc0e

PHP 8.4.22RC1

php-8.4.22RC1.tar.bz2 21 May 2026 7d36abec8664850c5bc81691a349b3d1fdb888f8598c6d0230342fe8a4a6f2d4
php-8.4.22RC1.tar.gz 21 May 2026 34ad40683315db9cf76f2d8f79eb06f4363e76e76bc88f489a64c9512af38c43
php-8.4.22RC1.tar.xz 21 May 2026 f68e7270cc4460b9816bdf647dfe9fc8e8b6e385e77299ac7b8d6f17f75d3098

Windows Builds

PHP 8.5.7RC2

Download source code 31.87MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.1MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 34.39MB 26 May 2026 44022692a85c463d942a4bf3c4d96371d221caf9bfbf7afdda2cdf2e96aabbfd
Debug Pack 40.08MB 26 May 2026 12077a26b1f61c1e8d5ddc7acfdeb0766bcc7d73f15a2b033afedb2edf0f663e
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 26 May 2026 fa95803ca95cfa167a801739068d1069c487cb7890eedf4b817aabbd97e8c5a2

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 30.77MB 26 May 2026 2c486d328cb6122f14a5c04e83ca020a58cb4e3e5379b9011e181e75e18cdd1c
Debug Pack 40.86MB 26 May 2026 5ff1b683da13a0e8fe108c5079d9ccde181711ce402f69b8a9cf88ce2e90b7fd
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.67MB 26 May 2026 08fd75930b7b1f796f0a07f18c652413b17b9671168a82342b5dbf337999f0fb

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 34.26MB 26 May 2026 b437a0c89bd0b132d31b3ebe5d13eaf058d43d6e3b555f368632a7bd271b8f3e
Debug Pack 40.31MB 26 May 2026 4a289b8f3cb15cb2011145707c276eb3795dd10af21eff5188f1bd39cd844b38
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.66MB 26 May 2026 bd152d1824820227bf119046f20dd0cde375a085404dbb5d316c7fbf370cdb3c

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 30.72MB 26 May 2026 b083fb6a0212cdda92ebf8ba581d9067812d31881dede12081ef12a67049f3ec
Debug Pack 40.84MB 26 May 2026 9ee0a16a4e80f1f4dfdc9f33611c4aac6f56112742ecf3c134180270f1d39f32
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.66MB 26 May 2026 a185d40632d5b93f2729ba6bc3faf1f202501dc2d80072c1addf996d855dac79

PHP 8.4.22RC1

Download source code 29.72MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.52MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 33.35MB 19 May 2026 d5ffd6a29e34f97c775154f5140343880a8f54df48b5cd320175ccddcb51f57e
Debug Pack 39.68MB 19 May 2026 76ae280e1a471bcfc4e1b700de4fd56c2cbcf8421d88e8b1bfe41c6d11dcc441
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 19 May 2026 2e64708da839d0eb8aa04316050f5a02f59cbc2133e0d9ecd86b6c68442b044d

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.94MB 19 May 2026 273f474b775c12dcadd3d643e40463527282fd09059da35dc4a3309ffd7c993b
Debug Pack 40.2MB 19 May 2026 ba8042eaa3bc76022bb7548ac5b740c76cee881514df4b7829e546181096f763
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 19 May 2026 c5f6c2ed9898eb8d2d7df5436e5e10fc0ae3963980238584aa9ccfe8d0a3611f

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.2MB 19 May 2026 988db15982ad78ca27ca14d33b71413f6df5261f75258a6c05bda01dd263c22e
Debug Pack 39.56MB 19 May 2026 9343a6065b5afde37278a8e7092d531886f87d4ca301c18d6afc89332f74bb2c
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 19 May 2026 20eeb20bb77b886333b8daf535a6b067a8cdb52ed1652c82d28cc1cdf8a2a040

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 29.92MB 19 May 2026 c1beeedd3feb7d8605e9fd81d288bf5fe96668ade7d8afdbc36f6dde5c91b400
Debug Pack 40.28MB 19 May 2026 6b3a45ecbb81357047466039e047fe154707ed1f9e1dab2047f4895db02264bc
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 19 May 2026 ad3f5c652d7347066126651f3807747f58c39ea91b954ef7a75a7a81b41f514c