Remi Collet has released PHP 8.3.16RC1 and 8.4.3RC1 packages for Fedora and RHEL-based Linux distributions.

PHP version 8.3.16RC1 and 8.4.3RC1

Release Candidate versions are available in the testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS / Alma / Rocky and other clones) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, the perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages.

RPMs of PHP version 8.4.3RC1 are available

• as base packages in the remi-modular-test for Fedora 39-41 and Enterprise Linux ≥ 8
• as SCL in remi-test repository

RPMs of PHP version 8.3.16RC1 are available

• as base packages in the remi-modular-test for Fedora 39-41 and Enterprise Linux ≥ 8
• as SCL in remi-test repository

The packages are available for x86_64 and aarch64.

PHP version 8.2 is now in security mode only, so no more RC will be released.

Installation: follow the  wizard instructions.

Announcements:

• PHP 8.4.3RC1 available for testing
• PHP 8.3.16RC1 available for testing

Parallel installation of version 8.4 as Software Collection:

yum --enablerepo=remi-test install php84

Parallel installation of version 8.3 as Software Collection:

yum --enablerepo=remi-test install php83

Update of system version 8.4:

dnf module switch-to php:remi-8.4
dnf --enablerepo=remi-modular-test update php\*

Update of system version 8.3:

dnf module switch-to php:remi-8.3
dnf --enablerepo=remi-modular-test update php\*

Notice:

• version 8.4.3RC1 is in Fedora rawhide for QA
• EL-10 packages are built using RHEL-10.0-beta
• EL-9 packages are built using RHEL-9.5
• EL-8 packages are built using RHEL-8.10
• oci8 extension uses the RPM of the Oracle Instant Client version 23.6 on x86_64 or 19.25 on aarch64
• intl extension uses libicu 74.2
• RC version is usually the same as the final version (no change accepted after RC, exception for security fix).
• versions 8.3.16 and 8.4.6 are planed for January 16th, in 2 weeks.

  PHP version 8.3.16RC1 and 8.4.3RC1