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  <title>PHP 8.5.3 Released!</title>
  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-02-12-2</id>
  <published>2026-02-12T19:20:03+00:00</published>
  <updated>2026-02-12T19:20:03+00:00</updated>
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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.5.3. This is a bug fix release.</p>

<p>All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.</p>

<p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.3 please visit our <a href="https://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
Windows source and binaries can also be found <a href="https://www.php.net/downloads.php?os=windows&amp;version=8.5">there</a>.
The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.5.3">ChangeLog</a>.
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