Download PHP 5.3.3 / 5.2.14

Last Thursday, new versions of the PHP programming language were released, namely a new version from the 5.3 series and the latest from the 5.2 version. PHP is a recursive acronym which stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor and is mainly used to create dynamic web pages on web servers. Version 5.2.14 is the last version of the 5.2 branch and contains more than 60 bug fixes, while version 5.3.3 has more than 100 improvements. More information can be found in the individual changelogs.

PHP 5.3.3 Released!

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.3. This release focuses on improving the stability and security of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of which are security related. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide availabledetailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.

For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.3, see the ChangeLog.

PHP 5.2.14 Released!

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.14. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related.

This release marks the end of the active support for PHP 5.2. Following this release the PHP 5.2 series will receive no further active bug maintenance. Security fixes for PHP 5.2 might be published on a case by cases basis. All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.

To prepare for upgrading to PHP 5.3, now that PHP 5.2’s support ended, a migration guide availabledetails the changes between PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3.

For a full list of changes in PHP 5.2.14 see the ChangeLog.