The core development team for PHP, the open-source programming language that powers the vast majority of websites, content management systems like WordPress, and many web-based tools used by site owners, has released a new version of the software: PHP 8.4.24. This is the latest release for the PHP 8.4 branch, a version of the language used by many sites hosted on our platform. No specific details about the changes included in this release, or whether any action is required from site owners or our team to apply the update, have been published in the initial release announcement as of now.
Source: PHP.net — https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-07-30-5