Wrong version.

[jckonczal]

Affected Page URL

https://www.php.net/downloads.php?usage=web&os=windows&osvariant=windows-downloads&version=default

Describe the bug

After installing and running PHP, the wrong version is reported.

Steps to reproduce

1. Download php-devel-pack-8.5.1-nts-Win32-vs17-x64.zip.
2. Unpack and install it.
3. Modify the Path to include the location of the new installation.
4. Open a new a shell window.
5. Execute "php -v".
6. Observe the wrong version reported:

PHP 8.5.0 (cli) (built: Nov 21 2025 13:38:22) (NTS Visual C++ 2022 x64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by Beyond Code for php.new
Zend Engine v4.5.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.5.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Expected behavior

I expected version 8.5.1 to be reported, about like this:

PHP 8.5.1 (cli) (built: Dec 16 2025 [time]) (NTS Visual C++ 2022 x64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by Beyond Code for php.new
Zend Engine v4.5.1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.5.1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Screenshots

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Additional context

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[shivammathur]

@jckonczal

Please download using the link that says "Zip" on the downloads page and extract it instead of the devel pack.
For 8.5.1, it is https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/archives/php-8.5.1-nts-Win32-vs17-x64.zip

Also, make sure the location of 8.5.1 is added before the location of 8.5.0 in the PATH that is loaded in your shell.

[jckonczal]

Sorry, in my haste to finish up for the day, I copied and pasted the wrong location in the steps to reproduce the problem. I did download and install https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/archives/php-8.5.1-nts-Win32-vs17-x64.zip, and I changed my PATH to include the new version. The only other PHP version on my computer is 8.3.6.

[jckonczal]

@shivammathur

Thanks for your help. There was a version 8.5.0 that I wasn't aware of installed by another tool. The PowerShell command "get-command php" helped me see that it was the one that was being run instead of the newly installed 8.5.1.