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NES for PHP
Never‑Ending Support for PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8
Welcome to NES for PHP. Get extended support through ongoing security patches for your PHP applications:
- NES for PHP 8 is a drop-in replacement for PHP 8.0.30 on Ubuntu 22.04 (amd64), for PHP 8.1.34 on Amazon Linux 2023 and Ubuntu 18.04 (x86_64 and aarch64) and for PHP 8.2.35 on RHEL 8, AlmaLinux 8 and Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64 and aarch64).
- NES for PHP 7 is a drop-in replacement for PHP 7.4.33, 7.3.33, 7.2.34 and 7.1.33 on Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Amazon Linux 1, Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023, on Windows Server 2022 and as container images.
- NES for PHP 5 is a drop-in replacement for PHP 5.6.40 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 6 and RHEL 7, and on Windows Server.
Before starting, please review our Minimum Requirements to ensure a smooth installation.
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Current versions
PHP 8
| Component | PHP 8.2 | PHP 8.1 | PHP 8.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NES release | v8.2.35-nes-8.2.1 | v8.1.34-nes-8.1.3 | v8.0.30-nes-8.0.1 |
| PHP (php -v) | 8.2.35-nes | 8.1.34-nes | 8.0.30-nes |
| Debian and Ubuntu package names | — | php8.1-* | php8.0-* |
| Debian and Ubuntu package version | — | 1:8.1.34+nes8.1.3-1~<distribution> (php-common: 2:101.nes8.1.3~ubuntu18.04) | 1:8.0.30+nes8.0.1-1~<distribution> (php-common: 2:101.nes8.0.1~ubuntu22.04) |
| RHEL module stream | php:nes-8.2 | — | — |
| RHEL package version | 8.2.35-1.nes82.el8 | — | — |
| Amazon Linux 2023 package names | — | php8.1-* | — |
| Amazon Linux 2023 package version | — | 1:8.1.34-3.nes.amzn2023 | — |
PHP 7
| Component | PHP 7.4 | PHP 7.3 | PHP 7.2 | PHP 7.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NES release | v7.4.33-nes-7.4.5 | v7.3.33-nes-7.3.2 | v7.2.34-nes-7.2.4 | v7.1.33-nes-7.1.2 |
| PHP (php -v) | 7.4.33-nes | 7.3.33-nes | 7.2.34-nes | 7.1.33-nes |
| Debian and Ubuntu package names | php7.4-* | — | php7.2-* | — |
| Debian and Ubuntu package version | 1:7.4.33+nes7.4.5-1~<distribution> | — | 7.2.34+nes7.2.4-1~<distribution> | — |
| RHEL module stream | php:nes-7.4 | php:nes-7.3 | php:nes-7.2 | — |
| RHEL package version | 7.4.33-5.nes.el<RHEL version> | 7.3.33-2.nes73.el<RHEL version> | 7.2.34-4.nes.el<RHEL version> | 7.1.33-11.2.nes.el6 |
| Amazon Linux 1 package names | — | — | — | php71-* |
| Amazon Linux 1 package version | — | — | — | 7.1.33-44.2.nes.amzn1 |
| Amazon Linux 2 package version | 7.4.33-5.nes.amzn2 | — | 7.2.34-4.nes.amzn2 | 7.1.33-2.nes.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 package names | php7.4-* | php7.3-* | php7.2-* | — |
| Amazon Linux 2023 package version | 7.4.33-5.nes.amzn2023 | 7.3.33-2.nes.amzn2023 | 7.2.34-4.nes.amzn2023 | — |
| Container images | 7.4.33-nes-7.4.5-<variant>-<base> | — | 7.2.34-nes-7.2.4-<variant>-<base> | — |
| Windows zip | php-v7.4.33-nes-7.4.5.windows.x64.ts.zip | — | php-v7.2.34-nes-7.2.4.windows.x64.ts.zip | — |
| Windows zip (x86, 32-bit) | — | — | php-v7.2.34-nes-7.2.4.windows.x86.ts.zip | — |
PHP 5
| Component | PHP 5.6 |
|---|---|
| NES release | v5.6.40-nes-5.6.2 |
| PHP (php -v) | 5.6.40-nes |
| Debian and Ubuntu package names | php5.6-* |
| Debian and Ubuntu package version | 5.6.40+nes5.6.2-1~ubuntu<release> |
| RHEL package version | 5.6.40-2.nes.el<RHEL version> |
| Windows zip | php-v5.6.40-nes-5.6.2.windows.x64.ts.zip |