PHP end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for PHP, read on 30 Sep 2026: when security support ends for each version (cycle), when active support ends, and extended support where the record shows it. Below them, what Cyber Essentials, the Essential Eight, CIS Controls v8, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-53 ask of a version past its end.
- Oldest version still in support
- 8.2, security support to 31 Dec 2026
- Next end date
- 8.2, security support ends 31 Dec 2026
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy for PHP, authoritative; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one
- Record
- PHP
- Kind
- language runtime
- Versions in the record
- 18
- Versions past vendor support
- 14
- Essential Eight class
- an application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- Source
- endoflife.date/php, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
PHP versions and their support dates
as at 30 Sep 2026| Cycle | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Extended support ends | On the read date | Vendor notice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 20 Nov 2025 | 31 Dec 2027 | 31 Dec 2029 | none in the record | supported | none in the record | |
| 8.4 | 21 Nov 2024 | 31 Dec 2026 | 31 Dec 2028 | none in the record | supported | none in the record | |
| 8.3 | 23 Nov 2023 | 31 Dec 2025 | 31 Dec 2027 | none in the record | security fixes only | none in the record | |
| 8.2 | 8 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2026 | none in the record | security fixes only | none in the record | |
| 8.1 | 25 Nov 2021 | 25 Nov 2023 | 31 Dec 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 8.0 | 26 Nov 2020 | 26 Nov 2022 | 26 Nov 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 7.4 | 28 Nov 2019 | 28 Nov 2021 | 28 Nov 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 7.3 | 6 Dec 2018 | 6 Dec 2020 | 6 Dec 2021 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 7.2 | 30 Nov 2017 | 30 Nov 2019 | 30 Nov 2020 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 7.1 | 1 Dec 2016 | 1 Dec 2018 | 1 Dec 2019 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 7.0 | 3 Dec 2015 | 4 Jan 2018 | 10 Jan 2019 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.6 | 28 Aug 2014 | 19 Jan 2017 | 31 Dec 2018 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.5 | 20 Jun 2013 | 10 Jul 2015 | 21 Jul 2016 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.4 | 1 Mar 2012 | 14 Sep 2014 | 14 Sep 2015 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.3 | 30 Jun 2009 | 30 Jun 2011 | 14 Aug 2014 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.2 | 2 Nov 2006 | 2 Nov 2008 | 6 Jan 2011 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.1 | 24 Nov 2005 | 24 Aug 2006 | 24 Aug 2006 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 5.0 | 13 Jul 2004 | 5 Sep 2005 | 5 Sep 2005 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record |
A version this table does not list is not in the record: the finder reads it as unknown, never supported. The dates are the record's own; nothing here states a date the record does not hold.
What the schemes ask of a version past its end
- Cyber Essentials
- software on in-scope devices licensed and supported by the vendor, meaning it still receives security updates; unsupported software removed or segregated (SU.1, SU.4). Cyber Essentials Plus: removed, or isolated with compensating controls (PM-02).
- Essential Eight
- An application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
- CIS Controls v8, Safeguard 2.2
- only software that still receives vendor support may be marked authorised; unsupported software kept for the mission needs a recorded exception with compensating controls and the acceptance of the remaining risk; support status checked at least monthly.
- PCI DSS 12.3.4
- hardware and software reviewed at least every 12 months: that vendors still supply timely security fixes, end-of-life announcements documented, and a remediation plan for outdated technology approved by senior management.
- NIST SP 800-53 SA-22
- system components replaced when support is no longer available from the developer, vendor or manufacturer, or alternative sources of continued support provided.