Thanks for PHP 8.3! Looking forward to 8.3-rc*

[rfay]

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Thanks so much for the early support of PHP 8.3. DDEV is already implementing it for developers to try it out locally in ddev/ddev#5238

This is currently php8.3-alpha3.

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Updating to php8.3-beta* will be very welcome, thanks!

As always, we're looking forward to the more difficult extensions as they become available, "apcu, imagick, memcached, redis, uploadprogress, xdebug, xhprof, xmlrpc"

And of course.. Thanks for the amazing maintenance of this project over decades. It means so much to so many people, teams, and organizations.

[reedy]

+1 for mbstring too :)

[oerdnj]

There's something wrong with DTrace in the recent beta2 and I haven't figured out what yet.

[jadeops]

• php8.3 beta3 is available - https://www.php.net/archive/2023.php#2023-08-17-1
• php8.2.9 is available on Ubuntu 22.04 but not on Debian 12 amd64.
• nginx mainline 1.25.2 is also now available. http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES

Please update! Thanks!

[oerdnj]

php/php-src#11847

[reedy]

+1 for mbstring too :)

Looks like this has been done. Thanks!

[oerdnj]

It is still broken even with the patches, so I had to disable the DTrace for PHP 8.3 and the builds are now passing https://jenkins.rfc1925.org/view/PHP%20Engine/job/php_php8.3-binaries/6/

[rfay]

Thanks for working on this. php8.3 is still alpha3 though, hoping for beta or rc1. I assume maybe the build failed or is still running?

The jenkins URL above is a 404

I'm checking on arm64. Maybe amd64 is configured but arm64 isn't? Could we get arm64 pushed as well? Thanks!

https://jenkins.rfc1925.org/view/PHP%20Engine/job/php_php8.3-binaries/

[rfay]

Updated comment above to point out that apparently arm64 aren't being built.

[rfay]

Bullseye arm64:

root@df2d23722e9c:/# php8.3 --version
PHP 8.3.0alpha3 (cli) (built: Aug 15 2023 09:55:18) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.3.0alpha3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

root@df2d23722e9c:/# apt-cache policy php8.3-cli
php8.3-cli:
  Installed: 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a
  Candidate: 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a
  Version table:
 *** 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a 500
        500 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye/main arm64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Bullseye amd64:

root@e155a364b002:/# php8.3 --version
PHP 8.3.0alpha3 (cli) (built: Aug 15 2023 09:55:18) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.3.0alpha3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

root@e155a364b002:/# apt-cache policy php8.3-cli
php8.3-cli:
  Installed: 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a
  Candidate: 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a
  Version table:
 *** 8.3.0~alpha3-1+0~20230815.5+debian11~1.gbpc4ec2a 500
        500 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[petk]

@oerdnj the DTrace patch has been updated and merged to 8.3 branch. It will be available with the PHP 8.3.0 RC2. It should now work properly.

[rfay]

Latest build/push still has php8.3-alpha3. Thanks for your work on this, looking forward to updates.

I see from https://jenkins.rfc1925.org/view/PHP%20Engine/job/php_php8.3-binaries/ that lots more permutations are enabled now, thanks.

[oerdnj]

Ah, I see, the repository sync was stuck after the server crashed. Restarted the sync now.

[rfay]

Thanks, I'm seeing php8.3.0beta3 now, much appreciated.

However, not completed:

As always, we're looking forward to the more difficult extensions as they become available, "apcu, imagick, memcached, redis, uploadprogress, xdebug, xhprof, xmlrpc"

[gvollant]

Like
#1828 #1439 #1439 (comment)

PHP 8.3 release candidate is here.

the PHP_API_VERSION constant (in php.h) changed on RC version from 20220830 to 20230831. Based on previous PHP version, I suppose the PHP_API_VERSION value from RC is the final value.

php extension binary build againt current PHP 8.3 package (beta) will be incompatible with PHP 8.3 RC and final.

So, if this is possible for you, @oerdnj , I think it'll be useful if you can update your package to RC. So we will start produce binary without compatibility problem.

regards, and thank you for the work!

[jadeops]

8.3.0~rc1 is available.

Could you please update nginx-mainline 1.25.2 as well. Thanks! https://nginx.org/en/CHANGES

[Quppa]

Thanks as always for being so quick with these releases. Out of interest, what makes imagick etc. difficult? Is there a way to help?

[andypost]

xdebug 3.3 alpha2 works great with the latest 8.3 RC3

[rfay]

Spun off missing PHP 8.3 extensions into

• PHP 8.3 missing extension: xdebug #2034