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Remi repository offers PHP 8.4.27RC1 and 8.5.12RC1 for testing

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Key Takeaway

New PHP release candidates are available for testing on Fedora and Enterprise Linux via Remi's repositories.

Summary

Remi Collet has released PHP 8.4.27RC1 and 8.5.12RC1 release candidates in the testing repositories. These versions are available for Fedora (43-45) and Enterprise Linux (RHEL and clones) for both x86_64 and aarch64 architectures. Users can install them as base packages or via Software Collections for parallel installation.

Technical availability and installation

  • PHP 8.5.12RC1 is available as base packages in remi-modular-test for Fedora 43-45 and as SCL in remi-test for Enterprise Linux $\ge$ 8.
  • PHP 8.4.27RC1 is available as base packages in remi-modular-test for Fedora 43-45 and as SCL in remi-test for Enterprise Linux $\ge$ 8.
  • PHP 8.3 has moved to security-only mode, meaning no further release candidates will be issued.
  • PHP 8.6.0RC3 is also present in the repository.
  • The oci8 extension utilizes Oracle Instant Client 23.26, and the intl extension uses libicu 74.2.

Why it matters

These release candidates allow developers to test upcoming PHP versions on stable enterprise distributions before the final official releases.

Original reference: blog.remirepo.net →