PHP End of Life Dates
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PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development. It was created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 and released in 1995. The PHP reference implementation is now produced by the PHP Group.
Last updated: May 31, 2026
| Version | Released | Active support | EOL date | Until EOL | Latest | CVEs | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 31, 2027 | Dec 31, 2029 | in 1301d | 8.5.6 | Active | |
| 8.4 | Nov 21, 2024 | Dec 31, 2026 | Dec 31, 2028 | in 936d | 8.4.21 | Active | |
| 8.3 | Nov 23, 2023 | Dec 31, 2025 | Dec 31, 2027 | in 570d | 8.3.31 | Active | |
| 8.2 | Dec 8, 2022 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2026 | in 205d | 8.2.31 | Active | |
| 8.1 | Nov 25, 2021 | Nov 25, 2023 | Dec 31, 2025 | 160d ago | 8.1.34 | — | EOL |
| 8.0 | Nov 26, 2020 | Nov 26, 2022 | Nov 26, 2023 | 926d ago | 8.0.30 | — | EOL |
| 7.4 | Nov 28, 2019 | Nov 28, 2021 | Nov 28, 2022 | 1289d ago | 7.4.33 | — | EOL |
| 7.3 | Dec 6, 2018 | Dec 6, 2020 | Dec 6, 2021 | 1646d ago | 7.3.33 | — | EOL |
| 7.2 | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 30, 2019 | Nov 30, 2020 | 2017d ago | 7.2.34 | — | EOL |
| 7.1 | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 1, 2018 | Dec 1, 2019 | 2382d ago | 7.1.33 | — | EOL |
| 7.0 | Dec 3, 2015 | Jan 4, 2018 | Jan 10, 2019 | 2707d ago | 7.0.33 | — | EOL |
| 5.6 | Aug 28, 2014 | Jan 19, 2017 | Dec 31, 2018 | 2717d ago | 5.6.40 | — | EOL |
| 5.5 | Jun 20, 2013 | Jul 10, 2015 | Jul 21, 2016 | 3610d ago | 5.5.38 | — | EOL |
| 5.4 | Mar 1, 2012 | Sep 14, 2014 | Sep 14, 2015 | 3921d ago | 5.4.45 | — | EOL |
| 5.3 | Jun 30, 2009 | Jun 30, 2011 | Aug 14, 2014 | 4317d ago | 5.3.29 | — | EOL |
| 5.2 | Nov 2, 2006 | Nov 2, 2008 | Jan 6, 2011 | 5633d ago | 5.2.17 | — | EOL |
| 5.1 | Nov 24, 2005 | Aug 24, 2006 | Aug 24, 2006 | 7229d ago | 5.1.6 | — | EOL |
| 5.0 | Jul 13, 2004 | Sep 5, 2005 | Sep 5, 2005 | 7582d ago | 5.0.5 | — | EOL |
Data sourced from endoflife.date · CVE data from NVD
