PHP 8.5.0RC5 is an old release of PHP 8.5 series. Using the latest version PHP 8.5.0 is highly recommended.
PHP 8.5 continues to receive bug fixes and security fixes until 2027-12-31.
Downloads
Source Code
Git Clone
Use Git to clone the 8.5.0RC5 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-8.5.0RC5How to compile PHP
PHP can be compiled by setting up the dependencies, building the configure script (
Detailed articles on how to compile PHP are available for Ubuntu/Debian based systems and Fedora/RHEL based systems.
./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-8.5.0RC5-x64NTS.zip
Size: 32.96 MiB
php-8.5.0RC5-x86NTS.zip
Size: 29.46 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-8.5.0RC5-x64TS.zip
Size: 33.09 MiB
php-8.5.0RC5-x86TS.zip
Size: 29.52 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:8.5.0RC5-cli-alpineDebian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:8.5.0RC5-cliPHP 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:8.5.0RC5-fpm-alpineDebian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:8.5.0RC5-apacheDebian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:8.5.0RC5-fpmCommit List
Daniel Scherzer
- Revert "Deprecate returning non-string values from a user output handler (#18932)" in GH-20455
- Update versions for PHP 8.5.0RC5 in 5a4e9396ba
manuel
- memory_limit is not always limited by max_memory_limit in 192847c6d7
- Commit the actual fix for GH-17951 in 7e477f42e7
Máté Kocsis
ext/uri: Fix the distinction between an empty and a missing query/fragment for WHATWG URLs in GH-20208
Niels Dossche
- Fix nightly failure due to OnChangeMemoryLimit changes in GH-20450
Tim Düsterhus
- uri: Update to uriparser-0.9.9-59-gc3b4956 in GH-20437