Every major PHP version is managed by a small group of PHP contributors who create and sign PHP releases under the particular PHP version, signs them, triages bug and security fixes, coordinate security announcements, and more. Most of the latest PHP versions were managed by a group of three Release Managers, one of them amongst being an experienced veteran PHP contributors who has been an RM before.
Sergey Panteleev, one of RMs for PHP 8.2 invited on PHP Internals mailing list for volunteers to submit their names to be an RM for PHP 8.3.
Pierrick Charron (other RM for PHP 8.2) stepped in to be the veteran RM for PHP 8.3. There were three candidates who stepped in to be the "rookie" RM:
A vote was held to elect two RMs for PHP 8.3 (along with Pierrick Charron), and the vote concluded on April 16 with Jakub Zelenka and Calvin Buckley being elected as the Release Managers for PHP 8.3.
Along with the PHP 8.3 Release Manager election, a rough timeline for the PHP release schedule was announced.
Date | Event |
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Jun 08 2023 | PHP 8.3 Alpha 1 |
Jun 22 2023 | PHP 8.3 Alpha 2 |
Jul 06 2023 | PHP 8.3 Alpha 3 |
Jul 18 2023 | Feature freeze |
Jul 20 2023 | PHP 8.3 Beta 1 |
Aug 03 2023 | PHP 8.3 Beta 2 |
Aug 17 2023 | PHP 8.3 Beta 3 |
Aug 31 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC1 |
Sep 14 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC2 |
Sep 28 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC3 |
Oct 12 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC4 |
Oct 26 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC5 |
Nov 09 2023 | PHP 8.3 RC6 |
Nov 23 2023 | PHP 8.3 General Availability |
Nov 2025 | PHP 8.3 Active Support ends / Security Support Only |
Nov 2026 | PHP 8.3 End Of Life |
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