PHP 8.3.4: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release: 8.3.4
PHP Version: PHP 8.3
Release Date: 2024 Mar 14
Release Type: Bug Fix Release
Release Status: Use PHP 8.3.14 instead
Branch Status: Supported (Latest)

PHP 8.3.4 is an old release of PHP 8.3 series. Using the latest version PHP 8.3.14 is highly recommended.
PHP 8.3 continues to receive bug fixes and security fixes until 2025-12-31.

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.

php-8.3.4-x64NTS.zip (30.65 MiB)

php-8.3.4-x86NTS.zip (27.53 MiB)

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.

php-8.3.4-x64TS.zip (30.80 MiB)

php-8.3.4-x86TS.zip (27.51 MiB)

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:8.3.4-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.

docker pull php:8.3.4-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:8.3.4-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.

docker pull php:8.3.4-apache

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

docker pull php:8.3.4-fpm

ChangeLog

Core

Fix ZTS persistent resource crashes on shutdown.

Curl

Fix failing tests due to string changes in libcurl 8.6.0.

DOM

Fix unlikely memory leak in case of namespace removal with extremely deep trees.
Fix reference access in dimensions for DOMNodeList and DOMNodeMap.

Fileinfo

Fixed bug GH-13344 (finfo::buffer(): Failed identify data 0:(null), backport).

FPM

Fixed bug #75712 (getenv in php-fpm should not read $_ENV, $_SERVER).

GD

Fixed bug GH-12019 (detection of image formats in system gd library).

MySQLnd

Fixed bug GH-11950 ([mysqlnd] Fixed not to set CR_MALFORMED_PACKET to error if CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR is already set).

PDO

Fix various PDORow bugs.

PGSQL

Fixed bug GH-13354 (pg_execute/pg_send_query_params/pg_send_execute with null value passed by reference).

SPL

Fixed bug GH-13531 (Unable to resize SplfixedArray after being unserialized in PHP 8.2.15).

Standard

Fixed bug GH-13279 (Instable array during in-place modification in uksort).
Fixed array key as hash to string (case insensitive) comparison typo for the second operand buffer size (albeit unused for now).

XML

Fixed bug GH-13517 (Multiple test failures when building with --with-expat).

Commit List

Ayesh Karunaratne

ext/curl: Fix failing tests due to string changes in libcurl 8.6.0 in 404803577d
ci: update caddy job to use GitHub Releases in 4922b9eb7d

David Carlier

Fix GH-13309 and GH-13310: array hashes comparison, wrong buffer len calculation in d91224cd2f
Forgotten piece of GH-13309/GH-13310 previous PR in b06d6dba4f
Fix NEWS entry for GH-13315 in 7096eff91d
Fix GH-13519: PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_RENEW with persistent connections in b9a9790be0

Derick Rethans

Updated to version 2024.1 (2024a) in 7d5a96614c
Empty merge in 0fc525eedd
Updated to version 2024.1 (2024a) in 0dea244999

Dmitry Stogov

Fix TLS access in JIT with MUSL in GH-13329
Prevent recording traces started from usupported VM instruction in 728b81d92e

George Barbarosie

Fix GH-13354: ext/pgsql: pg_execute, pg_send_query_params and_send_execute null value by reference in 452e008f4f

Gina Peter Banyard

ext/pdo: Fix various PDORow bugs in b4e272c56a

Ilija Tovilo

Fix instable array during in-place modification in uksort in d65c395049
Disable JIT on Apple Silicon + ZTS in 6db95512b4

Jakub Zelenka

Fix bug #75712: getenv in php-fpm should not read $_ENV, $_SERVER in bc30ae4f04
CI: Continue on error if Caddy download fails in 3d4b36fc9c
Revert "Fix GH-13519: PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_RENEW with persistent connections." in 330b26e04c
Update versions for PHP 8.3.4 in 5cba2a3dc5

Matteo Beccati

Fix test on non-UTC environments in 5373f5dd9d

Michael Orlitzky

Fix detection of image formats in system gd library in f732ab8b3e

Niels Dossche

Fix unlikely memory leak in case of namespace removal with extremely deep trees in ab508c98b3
Fix GH-13344: finfo::buffer(): Failed identify data 0:(null) in c2b671cb1b
Workaround ZTS persistent resource crashes (PHP 8.3 and lower) in 2f605820a4
Fix reference access in dimensions for DOMNodeList and DOMNodeMap in b8a1041fd2
Fix GH-13517: Multiple test failures when building with --with-expat in 552ea62e1f
Fix GH-13531: Unable to resize SplfixedArray after being unserialized in PHP 8.2.15 in 8494058a1f

Peter Kokot

Use EXTENSIONS instead of SKIPIF sections in *.phpt in 218a93b898
Update PHP 8.3 minor version in 1a349ab209

Saki Takamachi

Fixed not to set CR_MALFORMED_PACKET to error if CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR is already set in 199e48b567

Tim Düsterhus

Update GitHub Action workflows to actions/upload-artifact@v4 in GH-13297