💎 PHP version 8.5 is released!
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Par Remi le vendredi 21 novembre 2025, 08:52 - RPM - Lien permanent
RC5 was GOLD, so version 8.5.0 GA was just released, at the planned date.
A great thanks to Volker Dusch, Daniel Scherzer and Pierrick Charron, our Release Managers, to all developers who have contributed to this new, long-awaited version of PHP, and to all testers of the RC versions who have allowed us to deliver a good-quality version.
RPMs are available in the php:remi-8.5 module for Fedora and Enterprise Linux ≥ 8 and as Software Collection in the remi-safe repository.
Read the PHP 8.5.0 Release Announcement and its Addendum for new features and detailed description.
For memory, this is the result of 6 months of work for me to provide these packages, starting in July for Software Collections of alpha versions, in September for module streams of RC versions, and also a lot of work on extensions to provide a mostly full PHP 8.5 stack.
Installation: read the Repository configuration and choose installation mode, or follow the Configuration Wizard instructions.
Replacement of default PHP by version 8.5 installation (simplest):
Fedora (dnf 5):
dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).rpm dnf module reset php dnf module enable php:remi-8.5 dnf install php
Enterprise Linux (dnf 4):
dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-$(rpm-E %rhel).rpm dnf module switch-to php:remi-8.5/common
Parallel installation of version 8.5 as Software Collection (recommended for tests):
yum install php85
To be noticed :
- EL-10 RPMs are built using RHEL-10.0
- EL-9 RPMs are built using RHEL-9.6
- EL-8 RPMs are built using RHEL-8.10
- This version will also be the default version in Fedora 44
- Many extensions are already available, see the PECL extension RPM status page.
Information, read:
Base packages (php)
Software Collections (php84)
