# PHP 5.3.29 is available, PHP 5.3 reaching end of life - Thread: https://externals.io/message/76517 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/76517 - Started by johannes@php.net on 2014-08-14T13:51:09+00:00 - Messages: 4 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #76517 — johannes@php.net — 2014-08-14T13:51:09+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/76517#76517 The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.29. This release marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future releases of this series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP 5.4, which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively. PHP 5.3.29 contains about 25 potentially security related fixes backported from PHP 5.4 and 5.5. For source downloads of PHP 5.3.29, please visit our downloads page on http://www.php.net/downloads.php Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog at http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.29 For helping your migration to newer versions please refer to our migration guides for updates from PHP 5.3 to 5.4 and from PHP 5.4 to 5.5. On http://php.net/migration54 and http://php.net/migration55 accordingly. Johannes Schlüter PHP 5.3 Release Master --- ## #76536 — Matt Ficken — 2014-08-15T07:59:19+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/76517#76536 · In reply to: #76517 I have tested 5.3.29 on Windows thoroughly as its the last 5.3 release. I find no regressions. All the security and bug fixes didn't break anything from 5.3.28. Windows users at least, that want to stay with 5.3 can now upgrade to 5.3.29. See: http://qa.php.net/build.php?branch=PHP_5_3&revision=5.3.29 Regards -Matt > The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP > 5.3.29. This release marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future > releases of this series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are > encouraged to upgrade to the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or > previous stable version of PHP 5.4, which are supported till at least > 2016 and 2015 respectively. > > PHP 5.3.29 contains about 25 potentially security related fixes > backported from PHP 5.4 and 5.5. > > For source downloads of PHP 5.3.29, please visit our downloads page on > http://www.php.net/downloads.php Windows binaries can be found on > windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the > ChangeLog at http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.29 > > For helping your migration to newer versions please refer to our > migration guides for updates from PHP 5.3 to 5.4 and from PHP 5.4 to > 5.5. On http://php.net/migration54 and http://php.net/migration55 > accordingly. > > > Johannes Schlüter > PHP 5.3 Release Master --- ## #76539 — Jan Ehrhardt — 2014-08-15T08:35:45+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/76517#76539 · In reply to: #76536 Matt Ficken in php.internals (Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:59:19 -0700): >I have tested 5.3.29 on Windows thoroughly as its the last 5.3 release. > >I find no regressions. > >All the security and bug fixes didn't break anything from 5.3.28. > >Windows users at least, that want to stay with 5.3 can now upgrade to >5.3.29. I am a bit surprised to see that OpenSSL 0.9.8zb did not make it to the Windows releases. OpenSSL 0.9.8zb fixed some security issues on August 6, so I expected to have them in this final releaase: http://www.openssl.org/ Jan --- ## #76582 — Matt Ficken — 2014-08-16T06:19:53+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/76517#76582 · In reply to: #76539 We've rebuilt 5.3.29 using OpenSSL0.9.8zb and retested and released it. Thanks for the suggestion -M > Matt Ficken in php.internals (Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:59:19 -0700): > > […] > > I am a bit surprised to see that OpenSSL 0.9.8zb did not make it to the > Windows releases. OpenSSL 0.9.8zb fixed some security issues on August > 6, so I expected to have them in this final releaase: > > http://www.openssl.org/ > > Jan