PHP 8.2 Turns Off the Lights in December: Is Your Stack Ready?
On June 4, 2026, the PHP team pushed two releases: PHP 8.4.22 and PHP 8.5.7, both routine bug-fix updates. Notice what’s missing: no 8.2 release, no 8.3 release. That’s not an oversight — it’s the lifecycle working as designed. Once a PHP branch exits active support, it receives security patches only when a qualifying CVE appears. Routine bug fixes stop. June was a bug-fix month, so 8.2 and 8.3 sat it out. ...