PHP 8.3.0RC5: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
8.3.0RC5
PHP Version
PHP 8.3
Release Date
Release Type
Bug Fix Release
Release Status
Use PHP 8.3.13 instead
Branch Status
Supported (Latest)

PHP 8.3.0RC5 is an old release of PHP 8.3 series. Using the latest version PHP 8.3.13 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 8.3.0RC5 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-8.3.0RC5
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:8.3.0RC5-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC5-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:8.3.0RC5-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC5-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:8.3.0RC5-fpm

Commit List

Alex Dowad

  • PHP_HAVE_BUILTIN_USUB_OVERFLOW macro is defined even if __builtin_usub_overflow not available in 0c22276888

Daniil Gentili

Dmitry Stogov

  • Fixed GH-12428: Assertion with function/tracing JIT in dabced0fbb
  • Fixed GH-11917: primitives seem to be passed via reference instead of by value under some conditions when JIT is enabled on windows in GH-12451
  • Fix possible NULL dereference (crash on Zend/tests/arginfo_zpp_mismatch.phpt) in 25cb2a40d6
  • Fixed GH-12494: Zend/tests/arginfo_zpp_mismatch.phpt causes a segfault withJIT + --repeat 2 in e0ca4dca5b
  • memory_consumption must be page aligned in e270ee3008

Eric Mann

Ilija Tovilo

  • Fix use-after-free of constant name in 53dbb760da
  • Move ARM build to CircleCI in 4332546bbf
  • CircleCI: Increase no_output_timeout to 30m in c07aed53dd
  • Fix JIT on nightly in 734afa0ba8
  • Avoid JIT warning with opcache.jit_buffer_size=0 in 07d81592e9
  • Implement diagnostic ignore macro for Clang in 80b4c73030
  • Fix double-free of doc_comment when overriding static property via trait in af3d2f7ec9

Jakub Zelenka

Niels Dossche

  • Fix GH-12392: Segmentation fault on SoapClient::__getTypes in 7e4a3236d9
  • Fix registerNodeClass with abstract class crashing in d7de0ceca6
  • Fix compile error when php_libxml.h is included in C++ in 0cab865275
  • Add missing module dependency for xsl in 68aa793173
  • Fix bug #66150: SOAP WSDL cache race condition causes Segmentation Fault in 43e63168e9
  • Fix incorrect uri check in SOAP caching in abf562c417
  • Fix segfault and assertion failure with refcounted props and arrays in deebb68612
  • Fix segfault and assertion failure with refcounted props and arrays in 01d61605d3

SakiTakamachi

  • Fixed a bug in zend_memnistr with single character needle in 736032febf

Sergei Turchanov

  • Reset inheritance_cache pointer of zend_class_entry upon serialization in GH-12401

Tim Düsterhus

  • random: Fix γ-section implementation for Randomizer::getFloat() in GH-12402
  • random: Add additional test for Randomizer::getFloat() in GH-12436

武田 憲太郎

  • Fix pgsql and mysql tests on GitHub actions in f42cef6675
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