BreadcrumbHomeResourcesBlog ZendPHP For Windows Now Available January 31, 2022 ZendPHP for Windows Now AvailablePHP DevelopmentBy Matthew Weier O’PhinneyWe're pleased to announce the immediate availability of ZendPHP for Windows!This release marks the first commercial distribution of PHP for the Windows platform, and covers Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, and Windows Server 2019. Additionally, we are providing the first long term support (LTS) editions of PHP for Windows.Continue reading below for the full details on this release.2023 Update: Windows Installer for ZendPHP Now AvailableSpecify and install ZendPHP on your machine in minutes with the new Windows Installer (MSI) for ZendPHP.Start a free ZendPHP trial today to get started.See Trial DetailsZendPHP for WindowsWith this release, the Zend team has been working to ensure it supports your ecosystem.BinariesAll binaries are 64-bit builds, created using Visual Studio 2017.We provide thread-safe binaries that can be used with Apache, as well as non-thread-safe versions for use with FastCGI (e.g., with Windows Internet Information Service (IIS) or nginx).Extensions and IntegrationsWe provide more than 70 extensions. The bulk of these come either built-in and configuredby default, or shipped with the standard distribution. This includes Windows-specific extensions such as com_dotnet, wddx, and win32service.You should be able to integrate your PHP applications with any API, database, or caching service you normally do with community-sourced binaries.For a full list, please see our extension matrix.In regards to web servers, you get to choose the web server that suits your organizational needs.LTSThis marks the first LTS distribution of PHP for Windows. Our LTS promise is to backport security patches from community versions (currently PHP 7.4, 8.0, and 8.1) to our LTS versions. In addition, per our previously published LTS roadmap, we are providing LTS editions of PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.If your organization has concerns about security and cannot update your applications at the same pace of development as the language, we are your source for secure PHP runtimes!Zend PHP and Windows — A Winning CombinationReady to see the advantages of our PHP builds for Windows? See details, or start a download via the links below.Explore Zend PHP for Windows Download ZendPHP for Windows
Matthew Weier O’Phinney Senior Product Manager, OpenLogic and Zend by Perforce Matthew began developing on Zend Framework (ZF) before its first public release, and led the project for Zend from 2009 through 2019. He is a founding member of the PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG), which creates and promotes standards for the PHP ecosystem — and is serving his second elected term on the PHP-FIG Core Committee.
