PHP 8.3.0RC4: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
8.3.0RC4
PHP Version
PHP 8.3
Release Date
Release Type
Bug Fix Release
Release Status
Use PHP 8.3.12 instead
Branch Status
Supported (Latest)

PHP 8.3.0RC4 is an old release of PHP 8.3 series. Using the latest version PHP 8.3.12 is highly recommended.
PHP 8.3 continues to receive bug fixes and security fixes until 2025-12-31.

Downloads

Source Code

Git Clone
Use Git to clone the 8.3.0RC4 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-8.3.0RC4
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:8.3.0RC4-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC4-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:8.3.0RC4-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC4-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC4-fpm

Commit List

Anatol Belski

coppolafab

  • php_cli_server: ensure single date header is present in f6ac08c6a3

Dmitry Stogov

Eric Mann

Ilija Tovilo

  • Use separate sqlsrv dbs for different exts in 769f41bb21
  • Fix str_decrement() on "1" in b31a5b2731
  • Test ASAN on Ubuntu 22.04 in nightly by increasing swap in f7cef9a242
  • Fix invalid returned opcode for memoized expressions in 4ba5699903
  • Fix SKIPIF jit test in 6e7e52de19
  • Minimal backport of 098d9ca in 36a87e6d32
  • Move Cirrus to nightly only, trigger on-demand in 92693a2286

Jakub Zelenka

Levi Morrison

  • fix -Wreturn-type and -Wstrict-prototypes in gd configure in GH-12328
  • fix mbstring.c -Wsingle-bit-bitfield-constant-conversion in GH-12327

Mikhail Galanin

  • Invalidate path even if the file was deleted in f4ab494906

Niels Dossche

  • Fix GH-12297: PHP Startup: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'mysqlnd.so' in Unknown on line in 14fc3d1566
  • Fix GH-11997: ctype_alnum 5 times slower in PHP 8.1 or greater in 07811b6390
  • Restore old namespace reconciliation behaviour in e127f87114
  • Fix type error on XSLTProcessor::transformToDoc return value with SimpleXML in 2a7f23e9b9
  • Fix GH-10008: Narrowing occurred during type inference of ZEND_ADD_ARRAY_ELEMENT in e72fc12058
  • Fix compile error with -Werror=incompatible-function-pointer-types and old libxml2 in df89409aba
  • Revert "Fix GH-10008: Narrowing occurred during type inference of ZEND_ADD_ARRAY_ELEMENT" in 643c4ba417
  • Apply SimpleXML iterator fixes only on master in b842ea4fa8
  • Fix broken cache invalidation with deallocated and reallocated document node in eebc528cbf
  • Fix #80092: ZTS + preload = segfault on shutdown in bdc87b0f66
  • Fix test under older CI configurations in b140f6e9f8
  • Ignore optional warning output in test in 6cf76d552e
  • Fix Windows CI in ae52f1958d
  • Fix GH-12380: JIT+private array property access inside closure accesses private property in child class in fb6838770c
  • Fix GH-8996: DOMNode serialization on PHP ^8.1 in 24e5e4ec0d

Remi Collet

  • Fix port conflict 64324 used in bug51056.phpt in 80266f80d4

twosee

  • Fix socket_export_stream() with wrong protocol in b5da98b972

usarise

  • fileinfo: Backport svg detection patch in 1f5bea3452
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