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 8.6.0RC4

php-8.6.0RC4.tar.bz2 21 Oct 2026 60d433d768e9c017632a0402048b0d189979d7659483db65df6790018e10d306
php-8.6.0RC4.tar.gz 21 Oct 2026 ac4e19a92fc2d8a6a3b5310b149330475e602a8fd8f9278976bb1ee1b6b6665e
php-8.6.0RC4.tar.xz 21 Oct 2026 93f208da9ae059bf6863b0e1d101e6c6475a7b0f0acbf6c084950ab522f514d8

Windows Builds

PHP 8.6.0RC5

Download source code 34.58MB
Download tests package (phpt) 19.53MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 37.89MB 03 Nov 2026 71423b02e00df22bdf8f0f83ba3bfd4ce1fdffeb82cbf067227bf32fb864e7f7
Debug Pack 54.45MB 03 Nov 2026 8e3c2c4736c87cc95e42146668f7af849a223be12f4f93ed8e6cf73d910ff5ad
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 4d0456282bf7f08fb27e8faaae6824541d5bbdf192b8ce41804a2248edad0597

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 33.2MB 03 Nov 2026 9ad7d358c1c1d1e2af6b332d695d0f9ef767b8977512d96245aa8d737cb53f4d
Debug Pack 51.54MB 03 Nov 2026 ef61d8885f3b86423e060755e0a064d46ebce129d7ece3cfbf902c1af5317527
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 3f3590fd361652742f6947310b4cae95b4692f90f4272efeb3b2e7c841253094

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 37.83MB 03 Nov 2026 f054198ba6beea0a22a2179e6192c40b33dc245f25b336d3fa29f0c4af29eed3
Debug Pack 54.05MB 03 Nov 2026 35fe5c3d7a12c9574f596bc6900fbd3bdcf039e93d32277192a4b683c375f9c1
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 176c0447ce7f1e1e6ffa27ccb220a5d5406e720476ba3f127e5d7d13aff60c1d

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.18MB 03 Nov 2026 1420cf51179297eaeb051cfb093a8b1e594ff3673878de9ab663551d0a518004
Debug Pack 51.52MB 03 Nov 2026 f66c5abafe30ef8e7c0e99ccc2ab1c919a7a881c5af7e6d21d8f3f9ca6f4bef4
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 03 Nov 2026 29580d8978605b3fe84dc7bfc7486f8143f8e5d423b5e0b8201239f1d514e25d