Hypertext Preprocessor (or simply PHP) is a general-purpose programming language originally designed for web development.
Each release branch of PHP is fully supported for two years from its initial stable release. During this period, bugs and security issues that have been reported are fixed and are released in regular point releases.
After this two-year period of active support, each branch is then supported for an additional year for critical security issues only. Releases during this period are made on an as-needed basis: there may be multiple point releases, or none, depending on the number of reports.
| Release | Released | Active Support | Security Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 6 months ago(08 Dec 2022) | Ends in 1 year and 6 months(08 Dec 2024) | Ends in 2 years and 6 months(08 Dec 2025) | 8.2.7(08 Jun 2023) |
| 8.1 | 1 year and 6 months ago(25 Nov 2021) | Ends in 5 months and 2 weeks(25 Nov 2023) | Ends in 1 year and 5 months(25 Nov 2024) | 8.1.20(08 Jun 2023) |
| 8.0 | 2 years and 6 months ago(26 Nov 2020) | Ended 6 months ago(26 Nov 2022) | Ends in 5 months and 2 weeks(26 Nov 2023) | 8.0.29(08 Jun 2023) |
| 7.4 | 3 years and 6 months ago(28 Nov 2019) | Ended 1 year and 6 months ago(28 Nov 2021) | Ended 6 months ago(28 Nov 2022) | 7.4.33(03 Nov 2022) |
| 7.3 | 4 years and 6 months ago(06 Dec 2018) | Ended 2 years and 6 months ago(06 Dec 2020) | Ended 1 year and 6 months ago(06 Dec 2021) | 7.3.33(18 Nov 2021) |
| 7.2 | 5 years ago(30 Nov 2017) | Ended 3 years and 6 months ago(30 Nov 2019) | Ended 2 years and 6 months ago(30 Nov 2020) | 7.2.34(01 Oct 2020) |
| 7.1 | 6 years ago(01 Dec 2016) | Ended 4 years and 6 months ago(01 Dec 2018) | Ended 3 years and 6 months ago(01 Dec 2019) | 7.1.33(24 Oct 2019) |
| 7.0 | 7 years ago(03 Dec 2015) | Ended 5 years ago(04 Jan 2018) | Ended 4 years ago(10 Jan 2019) | 7.0.33(10 Jan 2019) |
| 5.6 | 8 years ago(28 Aug 2014) | Ended 6 years ago(19 Jan 2017) | Ended 4 years ago(31 Dec 2018) | 5.6.40(10 Jan 2019) |
| 5.5 | 9 years ago(20 Jun 2013) | Ended 7 years and 11 months ago(10 Jul 2015) | Ended 6 years and 10 months ago(21 Jul 2016) | 5.5.38(21 Jul 2016) |
| 5.4 | 11 years ago(01 Mar 2012) | Ended 8 years ago(14 Sep 2014) | Ended 7 years ago(14 Sep 2015) | 5.4.45(03 Sep 2015) |
| 5.3 | 13 years ago(30 Jun 2009) | Ended 11 years ago(30 Jun 2011) | Ended 8 years ago(14 Aug 2014) | 5.3.29(14 Aug 2014) |
| 5.2 | 16 years ago(02 Nov 2006) | Ended 14 years ago(02 Nov 2008) | Ended 12 years ago(06 Jan 2011) | 5.2.17(06 Jan 2011) |
| 5.1 | 17 years ago(24 Nov 2005) | Ended 16 years ago(24 Aug 2006) | Ended 16 years ago(24 Aug 2006) | 5.1.6(24 Aug 2006) |
| 5.0 | 18 years ago(13 Jul 2004) | Ended 17 years ago(05 Sep 2005) | Ended 17 years ago(05 Sep 2005) | 5.0.5(05 Sep 200 |
You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
php --version
