PHP 8.3.0alpha3: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
8.3.0alpha3
PHP Version
PHP 8.3
Release Date
Release Type
Bug Fix Release
Release Status
Use PHP 8.3.15 instead
Branch Status
Supported (Latest)

PHP 8.3.0alpha3 is an old release of PHP 8.3 series. Using the latest version PHP 8.3.15 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 8.3.0alpha3 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-8.3.0alpha3
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:8.3.0alpha3-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:8.3.0alpha3-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:8.3.0alpha3-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:8.3.0alpha3-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:8.3.0alpha3-fpm

Commit List

Anatol Belski

Bob Weinand

  • Fix GH-11548 (Argument corruption when calling XMLReader::open or XMLReader::XML non-statically with observer active) in cad47be8b6

BohwaZ

  • [RFC] Transition SQLite3 to exceptions in GH-11058

David CARLIER

  • ext/intl: intl_CharFromString using zend_string_truncate to adjust th… in GH-11575

Derick Rethans

divinity76

  • support running testsuite with negative niceness in GH-11481

eater

  • github: add build scripts to "Category: Build System" label in GH-11474

hanshenrik

Ilija Tovilo

  • mbstring count_demerits in reverse order in GH-11493
  • Fix assertion violation for invalid class const objects in const expressions in GH-11458
  • Fix arm build in bb2b1897df
  • Remove session ID set through REQUEST_URI in f160eff441
  • Revert "Mangle PCRE regex cache key with JIT option" in 4d91665f78
  • Fix use of uninitialized memory in pcntl SIGCHLD handling in 003cf9da78
  • Fix ext/zip arginfo.h in 73cf12d6ac
  • Fix mis-compilation of by-reference nullsafe operator in dc73b73f8b
  • Fix missing "Optional parameter before required" deprecation on union null type in 68ef3938f4
  • Fix serialization of RC1 objects appearing in object graph twice in d7d36692fd
  • xfail socket zerocopy test on Cirrus + arm in 838f6bffff
  • Attempt to fix gh11498.phpt on MSAN in 07dd0c80a8
  • Revert "Fix GH-9967 Add support for generating custom function, class const, and property attributes in stubs" in ef4f08832c
  • Revert "Merge branch 'PHP-8.2'" in 7b355e8d34
  • Use waitpid(-1) over WAIT_ANY in 46e9c5104c

Jakub Zelenka

  • Update versions for PHP 8.3.0alpha3 in 0d9444478d

Jonas

  • Fix context option check for "overwrite" in FTP in 1d369a871d

Michael Voříšek

  • Mangle PCRE regex cache key with JIT option in 466fc78d2c

Máté Kocsis

  • Upgrade to PHP-Parser 5.0 in 6dd62fb3d6
  • Add support for typed class constants in stubs in 3906bccc00
  • Fix GH-9967 Add support for generating custom function, class const, and property attributes in stubs in d7ab0ff0c8
  • Revert "Remove name field from the zend_constant struct (#10954)" in 9f4bd3040d
  • Add support for extending multiple interfaces in the manual in 3c6590a391
  • Display the readonly modifier for readonly classes in 4db4f0ba00
  • Fix test after reverted commit in 0ce4f91d73

nielsdos

Niels Dossche

Patrick Allaert

  • Fixes "GC_BENCH" is not defined in extensions including zend_gc.h in 973e9b2eec

Remi Collet

  • check PQsetErrorContextVisibility availability (libpq >= 9.6) in 21aaf3321f
  • adapt test expectation with libzip 1.10 in b972af9589
  • zip extension version 1.22.0 for libzip 1.10.0 in b5638a1202
  • NEWS and UPGRADING for zip 1.22.0 in ddb6cadb4c
  • more tests for zip with libzip 1.10 in 1358b435c6
  • The ZipArchive::FL_RECOMPRESS constant is deprecated in d8dd72fc31
  • zip extension version 1.22.1 in b406f7c67a

SVGAnimate

Tim Düsterhus

  • RFC: Add #[Override] attribute in GH-9836

Vinicius Dias

Yurun

  • Fix incorrect function/method names in DBG_ENTER() in GH-11554
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