PHP 8.6 Releases

PHP 8.6 is the active development branch, expected to be released towards the end of the 2026.

PHP 8.6 is a development branch that has not reached General Availability (GA). The releases below are meant to be used testing the upcoming PHP versions, and not for production systems. The first GA release for PHP 8.6 is scheduled for 2026-11-19.

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Latest Release

8.6.0beta3

PHP 8.6 reaches End Of Life (EOL)
PHP 8.6 active support ends
PHP 8.6 General Availability (GA)
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PHP 8.6.0beta3 QA Release Latest
PHP 8.6.0beta2 Security Update QA Release
PHP 8.6.0beta1 QA Release
PHP 8.6.0alpha3 Security Update QA Release
PHP 8.6.0alpha2 Security Update QA Release
PHP 8.6.0alpha1 QA Release