# PHP 8.1 is now end-of-life!

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/129728
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129728
- Started by Ben Ramsey on 2025-12-31T23:48:52+00:00
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## #129728 — Ben Ramsey — 2025-12-31T23:48:52+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/129728#129728

As of today (Dec 31) at 24:00 UTC, PHP 8.1 is end-of-life, according to
our release process policy.[^1] This means the PHP project no longer
supports PHP 8.1. All users of PHP 8.1 are encouraged to upgrade to a
supported version of PHP.[^2]

It has been our pleasure to serve as your PHP 8.1 release managers over
the past four-and-a-half years. It's been an amazing experience to give
back to the PHP project in a small but instrumental way. Thank you for
entrusting us with this responsibility.

Happy New Year!

Ben Ramsey, Patrick Allaert, & Joe Watkins


[^1]: https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/release-process.rst
[^2]: https://www.php.net/supported-versions

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## #129729 — Joseph Leedy — 2026-01-01T17:44:08+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/129728#129729 · In reply to: #129728

Thank you all for all of your hard work!