Editing PHP (section)

=== Long-term support ===
The PHP development team provides official bug fixes for two years following release of each minor version followed by another two years where only security fixes are released.<!-- <ref name="PHP-2011" /> link to outdated RFC --><ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_cycle_update | title=PHP: RFC:release_cycle_update }}</ref> After this, the release is considered [[Software release life cycle#End-of-life|end of life]] and no longer officially supported.

Extended long-term support beyond this is available from commercial providers, such as [[Zend (company)|Zend]] and others<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHP Support for PHP 7.2 – 8.0 {{!}} PHP LTS {{!}} Zend by Perforce |url=https://www.zend.com/services/php-long-term-support |access-date=2024-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pagely PHP Long Term Support Page |url=https://pagely.com/solutions/php-long-term-support/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Pagely |language=en-US}}</ref>