Pre-Release Builds

This page contains links to the Pre-release builds that the release managers create before each actual release. These builds are meant for the community to test whether no inadvertent changes have been made, and whether no regressions have been introduced.

Source Builds

PHP 8.6.0beta2

php-8.6.0beta2.tar.bz2 27 Aug 2026 d296d7862d63f37cf0fb1c268d99d54ea9b9a889bf2c14f3e12d67def2b9d860
php-8.6.0beta2.tar.gz 27 Aug 2026 050002aecf33584ea5caca4afebda0437b6cd224a7b0cb82cdf8e96776060c6b
php-8.6.0beta2.tar.xz 27 Aug 2026 61debd0709c7e95067d3d3ec071f7490acc3519e4a79e0e7982cabcb4f7403cd

Windows Builds

PHP 8.6.0beta2

Download source code 33.22MB
Download tests package (phpt) 18.9MB

VS18 x64 Thread Safe

Zip 38.37MB 25 Aug 2026 3028c84bc2c98abe96e2a036d225461eddb4e34c1c14a572c9f608fc91c02291
Debug Pack 54.74MB 25 Aug 2026 ebdb0379d2319e087f34d92a3e9a49bee541a7ec66a4a87ae04befbc6816e0a1
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 25 Aug 2026 2f44c2bc06fc3ea276c6348fff420c5ce55dcab2c71671dd7ee2c58eca10d86d

VS18 x86 Thread Safe

Zip 33.7MB 25 Aug 2026 4d1a95626ed16d5b284b4599197095cbada3d4ca238f9c2bc88a524f44dfcb9b
Debug Pack 53.27MB 25 Aug 2026 4789006d6c986cfb6abe50ba4da0c11abb00cf35dc7d98374a0a433183ba67cf
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 25 Aug 2026 5a54bd9c821fb2f961450e8dd29669d5e3f45248139a1d9d2cbdd0b711faac60

VS18 x64 Non Thread Safe

Zip 38.32MB 25 Aug 2026 4e38af435343f312943817de53022a66e6dbff05d46842925245cb7298dcc6bf
Debug Pack 54.37MB 25 Aug 2026 862a93e9503106f568155242123382deabb9b8289a84752d89d37276129e328c
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 25 Aug 2026 7dc4904fdedace8e394e9ab244d6268cb477bbda3a5b7989eb019f336506c366

VS18 x86 Non Thread Safe

Zip 33.67MB 25 Aug 2026 f6a1017a072d3f218133737e07bd81c0178fb40774d1b4d7cfcc45af852b2fe4
Debug Pack 53.26MB 25 Aug 2026 01ddd8ff5626a5e9642f93735ee6bd926b89efad9e2853e841c49582fea2ac94
Development package (SDK to develop PHP extensions) 1.71MB 25 Aug 2026 44f4467a6332cdea1335db10e122c66b5aa751b6ace03f5c6fdf40c0138ebda2