# Question regarding PHP version support

**URL:** <https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/question-regarding-php-version-support/3988>\
**Category:** Contributors\
**Created:** [February 10, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/question-regarding-php-version-support/3988 "2026-02-10T15:15:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanielRuf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@DanielRuf](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/DanielRuf)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/question-regarding-php-version-support/3988/1 "2026-02-10T15:15:42Z")

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It seems the laminas packages cover the currently supported PHP versions.  
For example PHP 8.2 - 8.5.

But what about those users, that use some Linux distribution, that applies backports and comes with PHP 8.1 by default?

For example these packages can not be installed with PHP 8.1:

- laminas/laminas-i18n für PHP 8.5 erfordert mindestens PHP 8.2: packagist[.]org/packages/laminas/laminas-i18n#2.31.0
- laminas/laminas-servicemanagerdie für PHP 8.5 erfordert mindestens PHP 8.2: packagist[.]org/packages/laminas/laminas-servicemanager#3.24.0
- laminas/laminas-stdlib für PHP 8.5 erfordert mindestens PHP 8.2: packagist[.]org/packages/laminas/laminas-stdlib#3.21.0

Widening the range on your side is probably not an option. What options do users have then, if they want to support PHP 8.1 - 8.5?

Overwriting the platform-version in composer.json to PHP 8.3 or PHP 8.5 does probably not work, or does it on PHP 8.1 systems?

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**Author:** ![ezkimo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/ezkimo/32/781_2.png) [@ezkimo](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/ezkimo)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/question-regarding-php-version-support/3988/2 "2026-02-17T07:27:04Z")

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Is there any specific reason you have to use PHP 8.1? I would go the other way around and just upgrade the PHP version to the latest stable. If you can ‘t, you cannot use the latest Laminas packages. In this case you can use an older version of the packages.