Lifecycle

PHP Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and end-of-support dates for 1 PHP products and 24 versions.

Releases and Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by PHP. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

PHP supported versions policy. Each release branch gets two years of active support (bug and security fixes) followed by two years of security-only support, after which it reaches end of life. [1]

PHP 24 versions

Standard support = active support; end of life = end of security-only support. For branches already past end of life the vendor lists only the end of life date.

Version	Released	End of standard support	End of life	Source
8.5PHP supported versions policy	20 Nov 2025	31 Dec 2027	31 Dec 2029	[1][2][3]
8.4PHP supported versions policy	21 Nov 2024	31 Dec 2026	31 Dec 2028	[1][2][3]
8.3PHP supported versions policy	23 Nov 2023	31 Dec 2025	31 Dec 2027	[1][2][3]
8.2PHP supported versions policy	8 Dec 2022	31 Dec 2024	31 Dec 2026	[1][2][3]
8.1PHP supported versions policy	25 Nov 2021	–	31 Dec 2025	[2][3]
8.0PHP supported versions policy	26 Nov 2020	–	26 Nov 2023	[2][3]
7.4PHP supported versions policy	28 Nov 2019	–	28 Nov 2022	[2][3]
7.3PHP supported versions policy	6 Dec 2018	–	6 Dec 2021	[2][3]
7.2PHP supported versions policy	30 Nov 2017	–	30 Nov 2020	[2][3]
7.1PHP supported versions policy	1 Dec 2016	–	1 Dec 2019	[2][3]
7.0PHP supported versions policy	3 Dec 2015	–	10 Jan 2019	[2][3]
5.6PHP supported versions policy	28 Aug 2014	–	31 Dec 2018	[2][3]
5.5PHP supported versions policy	20 Jun 2013	–	21 Jul 2016	[2][3]
5.4PHP supported versions policy	1 Mar 2012	–	3 Sep 2015	[2][3]
5.3PHP supported versions policy	30 Jun 2009	–	14 Aug 2014	[2][3]
5.2PHP supported versions policy	2 Nov 2006	–	6 Jan 2011	[2][3]
5.1PHP supported versions policy	24 Nov 2005	–	24 Aug 2006	[2][3]
4.4PHP supported versions policy	11 Jul 2005	–	7 Aug 2008	[2][3]
5.0PHP supported versions policy	13 Jul 2004	–	5 Sep 2005	[2][3]
4.3PHP supported versions policy	27 Dec 2002	–	31 Mar 2005	[2][3]
4.2PHP supported versions policy	22 Apr 2002	–	6 Sep 2002	[2][3]
4.1PHP supported versions policy	10 Dec 2001	–	12 Mar 2002	[2][3]
4.0PHP supported versions policy	22 May 2000	–	23 Jun 2001	[2][3]
3.0PHP supported versions policy	–	–	20 Oct 2000	[2]

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PHP: Supported Versions retrieved 2026-10-14
PHP: Unsupported Branches retrieved 2026-10-14
PHP: Releases retrieved 2026-10-14