The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.44. 11 security-related issues were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 5.4.44 please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

Please note that PHP 5.4 branch is nearing the end of its support timeframe. Either September or October release, depending on discovered issues, will be the last official release of PHP 5.4. If your PHP installation is based on PHP 5.4, it may be a good time to start making the plans for the upgrade.