php:8.1 end of life

php:8.1 images run PHP 8.1, which reached end of life on 31 Dec 2025. php:8.1 is built on Debian 13 (trixie). php:8.1-alpine is built on Alpine Linux 3.21.

Tags last checked: Oct 16, 2026 how

PHP 8.1 End of life end of life 9 months ago

Supported No variant all ended by 31 Dec 2025

Ends soonest — all variants end together

Variants checked 12 tags on Docker Hub

Tag · what it’s built on

PHP 8.1

the runtime in every variant
php:8.1
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-cli
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-fpm
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-alpine
Alpine Linux 3.21 Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-apache
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-trixie
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-bookworm
Debian 12 (bookworm) Security fixes only

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-fpm-alpine
Alpine Linux 3.21 Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-fpm-trixie
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-fpm-bookworm
Debian 12 (bookworm) Security fixes only

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-apache-trixie
Debian 13 (trixie) Supported

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.
php:8.1-apache-bookworm
Debian 12 (bookworm) Security fixes only

Unsupported since 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), when PHP 8.1 reached end of life.

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Questions

When is php:8.1 end of life?

PHP 8.1 reached end of life on 31 Dec 2025 (9 months ago), and php:8.1 images get no PHP fixes after that. A variant whose base OS ends first stops being supported earlier; see the table.

Which Alpine Linux version is php:8.1-alpine?

php:8.1-alpine is built on Alpine Linux 3.21, according to its build steps on Docker Hub (checked 16 Oct 2026). That release reaches end of life on 1 Nov 2026.

Which Debian version is php:8.1?

php:8.1 is built on Debian 13 (trixie), according to its build steps on Docker Hub (checked 16 Oct 2026). That release reaches end of life on 30 Jun 2030.

Which php:8.1 variant is supported longest?

None: every php:8.1 variant has been unsupported since 31 Dec 2025, when PHP 8.1 itself reached end of life. Move to a newer php tag.

Where this comes from

The OS release under each tag is read from that tag’s build steps on Docker Hub (the official php image), once a day; last read on 16 Oct 2026. Support dates come from endoflife.date (MIT License), which follows PHP’s release policy. Official images are rebuilt on newer OS releases over time, so a tag can move to a newer OS; this page follows it. See Methodology & sources.