[PHP-WEBMASTER] [web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.4.18

Author: Saki Takamachi (SakiTakamachi)
Date: 2026-02-12T23:40:08+09:00

Commit: Announce PHP 8.4.18 · php/web-php@a1689a5 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.4.18 Released!

Announce PHP 8.4.18

Changed paths:
  A archive/entries/2026-02-12-1.xml
  A releases/8_4_18.php
  M archive/archive.xml
  M include/releases.inc
  M include/version.inc

Diff:

diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index 8658a96286..9440fe8cd8 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <uri>http://php.net/contact&lt;/uri&gt;
     <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email>
   </author>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2026-02-12-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-02-09-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-01-15-3.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-01-15-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2026-02-12-1.xml b/archive/entries/2026-02-12-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71528daf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2026-02-12-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom&quot;&gt;
+ <title>PHP 8.4.18 Released!</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2026;
+ <published>2026-02-12T14:38:11+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-02-12T14:38:11+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="PHP; rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="PHP: News Archive - 2026; rel="via" type="text/html"/>
+ <category term="releases" label="New PHP release"/>
+ <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/>
+ <content type="xhtml">
+ <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.18. This is a bug fix release.</p>
+
+<p>All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.</p>
+
+<p>For source downloads of PHP 8.4.18 please visit our <a href="https://www.php.net/downloads.php&quot;&gt;downloads page</a>,
+Windows source and binaries can also be found <a href="PHP: Downloads.
+The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="PHP: PHP 8 ChangeLog.
+</p> </div>
+ </content>
+</entry>
diff --git a/include/releases.inc b/include/releases.inc
index 70353dcdfb..5348df659c 100644
--- a/include/releases.inc
+++ b/include/releases.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,42 @@
$OLDRELEASES = array (
   8 =>
   array (
+ '8.4.17' =>
+ array (
+ 'announcement' =>
+ array (
+ 'English' => '/releases/8_4_17.php',
+ ),
+ 'tags' =>
+ array (
+ ),
+ 'date' => '15 Jan 2026',
+ 'source' =>
+ array (
+ 0 =>
+ array (
+ 'filename' => 'php-8.4.17.tar.gz',
+ 'name' => 'PHP 8.4.17 (tar.gz)',
+ 'sha256' => 'aa0efeb7b47adff31e10bed1fc4ffcd4c0b5a4d41ab0bacfbb549c584939ee90',
+ 'date' => '15 Jan 2026',
+ ),
+ 1 =>
+ array (
+ 'filename' => 'php-8.4.17.tar.bz2',
+ 'name' => 'PHP 8.4.17 (tar.bz2)',
+ 'sha256' => 'ea67d83d72dd6f3abaaeae7f532f78fd12192861d96aba8e9eca3b2ddade42d2',
+ 'date' => '15 Jan 2026',
+ ),
+ 2 =>
+ array (
+ 'filename' => 'php-8.4.17.tar.xz',
+ 'name' => 'PHP 8.4.17 (tar.xz)',
+ 'sha256' => '28b234e347286158cae921d61283eb1169d89bc9d2e5f5976567260ff38b0bfa',
+ 'date' => '15 Jan 2026',
+ ),
+ ),
+ 'museum' => false,
+ ),
     '8.5.1' =>
     array (
       'announcement' =>
diff --git a/include/version.inc b/include/version.inc
index 2db873e594..397dd62204 100644
--- a/include/version.inc
+++ b/include/version.inc
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ $RELEASES = (function () {

     /* PHP 8.4 Release */
     $data['8.4'] = [
- 'version' => '8.4.17',
- 'date' => '15 Jan 2026',
+ 'version' => '8.4.18',
+ 'date' => '12 Feb 2026',
         'tags' => [], // Set to ['security'] for security releases.
         'sha256' => [
- 'tar.gz' => 'aa0efeb7b47adff31e10bed1fc4ffcd4c0b5a4d41ab0bacfbb549c584939ee90',
- 'tar.bz2' => 'ea67d83d72dd6f3abaaeae7f532f78fd12192861d96aba8e9eca3b2ddade42d2',
- 'tar.xz' => '28b234e347286158cae921d61283eb1169d89bc9d2e5f5976567260ff38b0bfa',
+ 'tar.gz' => '79636f2890976e7507123988c4750e592a6eb35cd407bfa7d2bb35ad15af3a06',
+ 'tar.bz2' => '586b32d92cebcfbca495c5f6ad1a33640553d0a9c0bfd2e6715334d959cf9858',
+ 'tar.xz' => '957a9b19b4a8e965ee0cc788ca74333bfffaadc206b58611b6cd3cc8b2f40110',
         ]
     ];

diff --git a/releases/8_4_18.php b/releases/8_4_18.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a54a949e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/8_4_18.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'releases/8_4_18.php';
+include_once __DIR__ . '/../include/prepend.inc';
+site_header('PHP 8.4.18 Release Announcement');
+?>
+<h1>PHP 8.4.18 Release Announcement</h1>
+
+<p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.18. This is a bug fix release.</p>
+
+<p>All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.</p>
+
+<p>For source downloads of PHP 8.4.18 please visit our <a href="https://www.php.net/downloads.php&quot;&gt;downloads page</a>,
+Windows source and binaries can also be found <a href="PHP: Downloads.
+The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="PHP: PHP 8 ChangeLog.
+</p>
+<?php site_footer();