# What Kirby version starts requiring php 8?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v3\
**Created:** [December 4, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/what-kirby-version-starts-requiring-php-8/27184 "2022-12-04T19:30:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/what-kirby-version-starts-requiring-php-8/27184/3 "2022-12-04T19:41:59Z")

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Leaving the PHP support history for Kirby 3 here for reference

```auto
3.0.0 Drop support < PHP 7.1, support PHP 7.1 - 7.3
3.3.2 Add support for PHP 7.4
3.4.0 Drop support for 7.1, support PHP 7.2 - 7.4
3.5.0 Drop support for 7.2 , add support for PHP 8.0
3.6.0 Drop support for 7.3
3.6.1 Add support for PHP 8.1
3.8.0 Drop support for PHP 7.4, support PHP 8.0 - 8.1
3.9.0 Add support for PHP 8.2
3.10.0 Add support for PHP 8.3
4.0.0 Drop support for PHP 8.0, add support for PHP 8.3
4.6.0 Add support for PHP 8.4

```

There is now also a matrix of Kirby/PHP versions in the docs: [Requirements | Kirby CMS](https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/system/requirements#php-version-support-history)

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