Support policy for PHP/Tables


MW Version	Supported PHP Versions	MW Initial Release Date	Upstream supported PHP version(s) at time of MW release	MW Release EOL Date	Upstream supported PHP version(s) at time of MW release EOL	Debian LTS PHP version(s) during support window	Ubuntu LTS PHP version(s) during support window
1.39 (LTS)	PHP 7.4 (7.4.3+)	2022-11-30	7.4 (2019-11-28–2022-11-28) 8.0 (2020-11-26–2023-11-26) 8.1 (2021-11-25–2024-11-25)	2025-11	8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11)	10^[1]: PHP 7.3 11^[2]: PHP 7.4 12^[3]: PHP 8.2	18.04^[4]: PHP 7.2 20.04^[5]: PHP 7.4 22.04^[6]: PHP 8.1 24.04^[7]: PHP 8.3
1.41	PHP 7.4 (7.4.3+)	2023-12-21	8.1 (2021-11-25–2024-11-25) 8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11)	2024-12	8.1 (2021-11-25–2024-11-25) 8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11)
1.42	PHP 8.1 PHP 8.2 PHP 8.3	2024-06-27		2025-06	8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11)		20.04^[5]: PHP 7.4 22.04^[6]: PHP 8.1 24.04^[7]: PHP 8.3
1.43 (pre-RC)	PHP 8.1 PHP 8.2 PHP 8.3	2024-12	8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11) 8.4 (2024-11-21–2027-11)	2027-12	??? 8.5 (2025-11–2028-11)	11^[2]: PHP 7.4 12^[3]: PHP 8.2	20.04^[5]: PHP 7.4 22.04^[6]: PHP 8.1 24.04^[7]: PHP 8.3
1.44 (alpha)		2025-06		2026-06	8.2 (2022-12-08–2025-12-08) 8.3 (2023-11-23–2026-11) 8.4 (2024-11–2027-11) ??? 8.5 (2025-11–2028-11)	TBC	TBC

Notes

↑ Debian 10 "Buster" (2019-07-06–2024-06-30 (EOL LTS))
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Debian 11 "Bullseye" (2021-08-14–2026-06-30 (EOL))
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Debian 12 "Bookworm" (2023-06-10–2028-06-30)
↑ 18.04 "Bionic" (2018-04-26–2023-06)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 20.04 "Focal" (2020-04-23–2025-04)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 22.04 "Jammy" (2022-04-21–2027-04)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 24.04 "Noble" (2024-04-24–2029-04)