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@jahnvi480 jahnvi480 commented Jan 28, 2026

This pull request introduces the 5.13.0-beta1 release with several important updates, removals, and fixes to the PHP SQL drivers. The release adds support for new platforms and driver versions, drops support for older versions, and includes critical bug fixes and documentation updates.

Release updates and platform support:

  • Added support for PHP 8.4, ODBC Driver 18, and Ubuntu 24.04 in the 5.13.0-beta1 release.
  • Removed support for PHP 8.1 and the mbstring dependency.
  • Updated the PHP version requirements in the README.md to include PHP 8.4 and remove PHP 8.1.

Bug fixes and improvements:

  • Fixed a segfault when connecting to Fabric and enhanced error reporting in the PDO driver for ODBC diagnostic retrieval failures.

Documentation and known issues:

  • Updated the CHANGELOG.md with new limitations and known issues for this release, including Always Encrypted limitations and connection pooling caveats on Linux/macOS.

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Balkoth commented Jan 28, 2026

You should also add support for PHP 8.5 is out because support for 8.4 already takes ages. I wonder who seriously will upgrade to 8.4 when this is finally ready when PHP 8.5 is months out.

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@Balkoth really Thank you for sharing your view we really appreciate your comment. For this release we are updating the driver to work with PHP8.4. We will soon have one more release which will support PHP8.5. Please stay tune :)

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