PHP 8.1
PHP 8.1 reached end of life on December 31, 2025 and no longer gets security updates.
- Status
- End of life
- Security updates until
- December 31, 2025
- Official lifecycle page
- php.net
- Checked on
PHP 8.1 reached end of life on December 31, 2025 and no longer gets security updates; the last release was 8.1.34. A site still on PHP 8.1 gets no fixes for newly found vulnerabilities. Each PHP branch gets two years of active support and then two years of security fixes only, and PHP 8.4 and PHP 8.5 are the branches with active support.
- Product
- PHP
- Version
- 8.1
- Sources
Page URL PHP unsupported branches https://www.php.net/eol.php
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Sources
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