PHP 7.4.26: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
7.4.26
PHP Version
PHP 7.4
Release Date
Release Type
Security Update
Release Status
EOL, Use PHP 7.4.33
Branch Status
Unsupported

PHP 7.4 reached EOL on , and all releases of this version no longer receive security or bug fixes. Using PHP 7.4.26 is not recommended. PHP 7.4.33 is the latest version in the series.

Downloads

Source Code

Git Clone
Use Git to clone the 7.4.26 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-7.4.26
How to compile PHP
PHP can be compiled by setting up the dependencies, building the configure script (./buildconf), configuring the build ./configure, and running make.
Detailed articles on how to compile PHP are available for Ubuntu/Debian based systems and Fedora/RHEL based systems.

Windows binaries
Non-Thread Safe Builds
Non-Thread Safe (NTS) builds are single-threaded PHP builds. They can be used on web servers that integrate PHP over FastCGI protocol, such as Nginx, Caddy, and IIS.
Thread-Safe Builds
Thread-Safe (TS) builds are multi-thread PHP builds, often used to integrate PHP as a Server API for multithreaded servers. The most common use case is using PHP as an Apache module.

Docker/Podman Containers

PHP CLI
PHP CLI Containers images only include the PHP CLI, and no FPM or Apache modules. The Alpine builds are lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds. Albeit their larger size, the Debian-based (without the "-alpine" suffix) images are more complete, and widely used.

Alpine-based: Lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds.
docker pull php:7.4.26-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:7.4.26-cli
PHP CLI + Web Server Integration
These container images include PHP CLI, and a web server integration. FPM container images can be integrated with web servers such as Nginx, Caddy, and Apache with Event MPM. The Apache container images include Apache web server, integrating PHP as an Apache module.

Alpine-based: Lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds.
docker pull php:7.4.26-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:7.4.26-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:7.4.26-fpm

ChangeLog

Core

  • Fixed bug #81518 (Header injection via default_mimetype / default_charset).

Date

  • Fixed bug #81500 (Interval serialization regression since 7.3.14 / 7.4.2).

DBA

  • Fixed bug #81588 (TokyoCabinet driver leaks memory).

MBString

  • Fixed bug #76167 (mbstring may use pointer from some previous request).

MySQLi

  • Fixed bug #81494 (Stopped unbuffered query does not throw error).

PCRE

  • Fixed bug #81424 (PCRE2 10.35 JIT performance regression).

Streams

  • Fixed bug #54340 (Memory corruption with user_filter).

XML

Commit List

Ben Ramsey

  • Change UBool to bool for equality operators in ICU >= 70.1 in 81b3f95622
  • Accommodate changes to canonicalized forms in ICU >= 70.1 in 52cda6fc43
  • CLDR 40a0 uses a lowercase "temp" instead of "Temp" in ICU >= 70.1 in c7a2441e93

Christoph M. Becker

Derick Rethans

  • Prepare branch for 7.4.26-dev in e5d35a3252
  • Bump config.guess/config.sub in all supported branches to support Apple Silicon in cd0c32e7fb
  • Bump config.guess/config.sub in all supported branches to support Apple Silicon in 89dfe49321
  • Updated to version 2021.3 (2021c) in e81554c6e6
  • Empty merge in 760475b43a
  • Updated to version 2021.3 (2021c) in 8a61f1ece6
  • Revert "Updated to version 2021.3 (2021c)" in 32c0850b4a
  • Remove now superfluous tests due to changes in tzdata in 9733d49e14
  • Prepare for 7.4.26 in 8394a63039
  • Update versions for PHP 7.4.26 in 5f762668c9

Jakub Zelenka

  • Fix bug #81026 (PHP-FPM oob R/W in root process leading to priv escalation) in cb2021e5f6
  • Fix bug #81026 (PHP-FPM oob R/W in root process leading to priv escalation) in f47798e685

Matteo Beccati

  • Add test for pg_put_line() and pg_end_copy() in be36bf5aca

Nikita Popov

Remi Collet

Stanislav Malyshev

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