# Arch Linux: PHP 8.0 and PHP 7 legacy packages are available

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**Category:** Linux Official News\
**Tags:** newsbot, php, linux, arch, arch-linux, official-news\
**Created:** [28 January 2021 19:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/arch-linux-php-8-0-and-php-7-legacy-packages-are-available/6394 "2021-01-28T19:03:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 January 2021 19:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/arch-linux-php-8-0-and-php-7-legacy-packages-are-available/6394/1 "2021-01-28T19:03:43Z")

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A new [Arch Linux](https://devtalk.com/arch-linux) blog post/announcement has been posted!

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> The php package has been updated to [version 8.0](https://www.php.net/releases/8.0/en.php). Please refer to the upstream [migration guide](https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.php). As some applications are not compatible with PHP 8 yet we provide a [php7](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/php7/) package which can be installed alongside version 8. Packages that depend on PHP reflect this update and will require php7 if needed. You might need ...

Get the full details here: [Arch Linux - News: PHP 8.0 and PHP 7 legacy packages are available](https://archlinux.org/news/php-80-and-php-7-legacy-packages-are-available/)