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Windows Support

Core

The official Windows builds now use Visual Studio 2026 (VS18).

LibXML

The libxml2 library used by the official Windows builds has been upgraded to version 2.15.3. As a result, DOMDocument::$documentURI for documents loaded from a local file now contains a native filesystem path instead of a file URI.

OpenSSL

The OpenSSL library used by the official Windows builds has been upgraded to OpenSSL 4.


<Other ChangesMigrating from PHP 8.4.x to PHP 8.5.x>
^Migrating from PHP 8.5.x to PHP 8.6.xLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026