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title: "PHP: PHP 8.5.5 Release Announcement"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-php-8-5-5-release-announcement-2i7ptwaku
source_url: http://php.net/releases/8_5_5.php
type: article
source: "PHP"
published: 2026-04-09T15:19:20.310Z
updated: 2026-04-09T15:19:40.868Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 47
comments: 2
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# PHP: PHP 8.5.5 Release Announcement

**[PHP](https://daily.dev/sources/php)** · 1 min read · 47 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

The PHP development team has released PHP 8.5.5, a bug fix update for the PHP 8.5 branch. All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade. Source downloads and Windows binaries are available on the official PHP downloads page, with the full list of changes in the ChangeLog.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ezee** · 0 upvotes

> PHP seems to move so fast these days but it's actually just been steady improvements since 1995.

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