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 8.4.20RC1

php-8.4.20RC1.tar.bz2 26 Mar 2026 25f64085c22a48d6941acf38ec9e4c8f046d6f9f2285b7fdf49a9f3cd8217741
php-8.4.20RC1.tar.gz 26 Mar 2026 d12ac12d1745ba1d5b7a0bd9005adf1ab2fe2ca97132eea5b8a45163998554cd
php-8.4.20RC1.tar.xz 26 Mar 2026 a0108bc5432499cbdd9c64bcb2cb3715ff2cec23bb768c2fb6ed0c433e9ff933

Windows Builds

PHP 8.4.19RC1

Download source code 29.62MB
Download tests package (phpt) 17.48MB

VS17 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 32.47MB 24 Feb 2026 f4990e212935afa5b90ede9c7493768f3c397a2debac821df165f2857974eeb9
Debug Pack 37.92MB 24 Feb 2026 d13551587662764f1f0cb25ce488d77932ff0af6bc3196bfb16ee2e946626bd0
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 24 Feb 2026 cf85b1d8920dd12d78f345cd48e99679a969cb2cab228e594865fb35eb6be1ec

VS17 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 29.04MB 24 Feb 2026 080054ced6b162342b59ceedd905e5d973bba403014b7781a601a3085eb45f91
Debug Pack 38.26MB 24 Feb 2026 74bcf8b83d99de99598e90c4fe51497538d145fded8a575c6cb4eee0992d6a89
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 24 Feb 2026 4192f5fe19e5455c45fd8c8890a21d93488f4203567b9cf4247523ed61580906

VS17 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 32.32MB 24 Feb 2026 b6da4533733cdb246d10ed743eca1de077690068240f0c74d692777a45a7ff5f
Debug Pack 37.46MB 24 Feb 2026 e4edc747c7ca1dfb3ae58a4cbaea3cf895b60dfa91a30fa09f2428d15f1274c4
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 24 Feb 2026 ab8ab12405d95878487c938bba170b35ed9c2668f3fe78ff16a31c121694f943

VS17 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 29.02MB 24 Feb 2026 1c3d1c14fb67981271a6062d5b587bef0d5bf8738d7746ce774cbde2682e7dba
Debug Pack 38.26MB 24 Feb 2026 871d5cf761fd9f9e98b723bfe81b25553437ae33cefbf18363596c57e05c6d16
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.36MB 24 Feb 2026 085a0a4c492496fc1dc338ab722d35a227c8bed7218e438c15761e367931c7a6