PHP 8.5.3RC1 has just been released and may be downloaded from https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/
Or use the git tag: php-8.5.3RC1 Windows binaries, once built, will be available at: https://www.php.net/pre-release-builds.php#windows Please test it carefully and report any bugs at https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml on GitHub. 8.5.3 should be expected in 2 weeks, on 12 Feb 2026. Hash values and PGP signatures can be found below or at https://gist.github.com/edorian/7eab95d68c087de476c9365c4b3b3c7e Thank you, and happy testing! Regards, Volker Dusch, Daniel Scherzer, and Pierrick Charron php-8.5.3RC1.tar.bz2 SHA256 hash: 3ee15446ce78722807e2f7b7bc4a05248005e258d16eec8693091235b66eb335 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaXjsOAAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1P6DAPwINepDoUyanaCt9w+qD+jdGT2gsTl4u58V3FZGUA5togEA0nUwf5ymWiPD XRhXtZcMY5egt1Tpm/m1g/jofldX+gI= =vcpV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-8.5.3RC1.tar.gz SHA256 hash: 63ce96a80c466891fdb1d4841704c846bb71c2b10c1bdaeb0298332dd4863087 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaXjsOAAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1Eh6AP9RFNwgZ/2LxWq5JQPDrqlpqlmAEGPLq4+txRncyKlZ4gD+NyekKiPdrKdy 2cAXb8KuW/ZtOHsoCEhsb5UTYF1DGAc= =Q+jk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-8.5.3RC1.tar.xz SHA256 hash: a73812e2b30a5f40833432fb329c51ca5ed3099180940090a5ebdb6303a1280a PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaXjsOAAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1H8fAP4s6yuupAII0G4iGUFFsqrTZgDi5m68oblCaSKbYfv/VAD/X508x9oi+Skw Ki/040QNdfeTSnzMdIq8k0WwzIaF4QA= =D1pw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
