{
  "question": "Was today a new PHP version?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-new-php-version",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the newest PHP releases, 8.5.12 and 8.4.27, shipped on 21 October 2026, and today is a Saturday.",
  "details": [
    "8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, 8.2.35 released 21 Oct 2026",
    "Previous batch: 8.5.11 and 8.4.26 on 24 Sep 2026",
    "PHP ships on a roughly monthly cadence, midweek"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Heroku Dev Center",
      "url": "https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog-items/3845"
    },
    {
      "title": "Clever Cloud",
      "url": "https://www.clever.cloud/developers/changelog/2026/09-01-php-8.5-default/"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenStandia",
      "url": "https://openstandia.jp/oss_info/php/version/"
    },
    {
      "title": "PHP: Releases",
      "url": "https://www.php.net/releases/"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-new-php-version/2026-10-24",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T04:58:53.322Z"
}