windows.php.net doesn't have newest version of PHP 8.5.x available for download

[terrafrost]

Description

The newest version of PHP available for download on https://windows.php.net/ is PHP 8.5.1. As of this post the newest version of PHP 8.5.x is 8.5.3 but https://windows.php.net/ is at almost two months out of date since PHP 8.5.2 was released almost two months ago

PHP Version

PHP 8.5.1 (cli) (built: Dec 17 2025 10:54:30) (NTS Visual C++ 2022 x64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.5.1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.5.1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Operating System

Windows 11, Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.7840)

[jordikroon]

Hi @terrafrost

windows.php.net is being phased out. The right location to download the latests versions is https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/

There you should find 8.5.3 and other releases as well.

[iluuu1994]

@shivammathur Should there be a note on the old Windows server? I don't quite recall if there were issues with the old machine so that might or might not be possible.

[shivammathur]

@iluuu1994

Yes. maybe @cmb69 can add that as we do not have access to that server.