PHP Core
PHP 8.6 RC3 Fixes Fibers That Silenced Errors
PHP 8.6.0 RC3 restores warnings inside fibers on the official Docker images and fixes hrtime() running 4% fast. GA is still set for November 19.
Eric L. Barnes
Releases
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Every release we write up, newest first. PHP itself, the packages you depend on, your tooling, and the applications built on PHP.
Developer Tools
Meet PHPMD 3.0: New CLI, New Config, PHP 8 Attributes
PHPMD 3.0 requires PHP 8.1, adds a #[SuppressWarnings] attribute, YAML config with a setup wizard, and parallel parsing, and changes the CLI.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
Streaming Channels and Agent Memory in Neuron AI 4.0
Neuron AI 4.0 rebuilds the PHP agent framework's workflow engine, adds streaming channels and long-term memory, and drops Guzzle for ext-curl.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
Swoole Adds Windows Support in 6.3 RC1
Swoole 6.3.0 RC1 now supports Windows, and adds new Swoole\Table methods, an HTTP/2 multiplexing client and support for PHP 8.4's PDO subclasses.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.6 RC2 Is Out, and There Is No RC1
PHP 8.6.0 RC2 is the first release candidate for PHP 8.6. A packaging bug skipped RC1, and GA is set for November 19, 2026.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.5.11 Patches 11 CVEs, Including a SOAP Server Crash
PHP 8.5.11, 8.3.35, and 8.2.34 fix 11 CVEs, including an unauthenticated SoapServer crash and HTTP redirects that leak Authorization headers.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
HTTP QUERY Method Support in API Platform 5.0
API Platform 5.0 adds HTTP QUERY support from RFC 10008, OpenAPI 3.2, and a rebuilt Doctrine filter set. Symfony 6.4 support is dropped.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
Database Seeding and Reset in DDEV v1.25.4
DDEV v1.25.4 seeds new databases from a snapshot, adds a --reset-database flag, supports MySQL 9.7 LTS, and moves image and env config to the global level.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.5.10 Fixes Stack Overflows on Deeply Nested Arrays
PHP 8.5.10 turns seven stack overflow crashes into catchable errors, forbids \C in UTF-8 regex patterns, and fixes PDO_PGSQL lazy fetching and four JIT bugs.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
PHP 8.6 Support and TLS Session Sharing in Guzzle 8.1
Guzzle 8.1 adds PHP 8.6 support, TLS session sharing for the stream handler, and automatic resends of seekable uploads mid-transfer.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
Mago 1.47 Adds an Extension API for Custom Lint Rules
Mago 1.47 adds a language-neutral Extension API and PHP SDK for custom lint rules and analyzer plugins without changing Mago's Rust source.
Eric L. Barnes
Applications
WordPress 7.1 Adds Playlist and Tabs Blocks and Inline Notes
WordPress 7.1 adds responsive block styles, inline Notes, browser-based media processing, a persistent toolbar, and new developer APIs.
Eric L. Barnes