Observed arrival · 2026-10-28
Patchdeb’s patched PHP for servers that can’t move
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Patchdeb advertises a paid apt repository of patched PHP packages for older Ubuntu and Debian systems, including PHP versions no longer maintained upstream.
- For
- Administrators maintaining older Ubuntu or Debian servers
- Worth noticing
- The page says it covers 11 PHP versions across seven distributions, including a fix ported to PHP 5.5.
Field notes
The setup walkthrough shows an apt-based workflow, including an example installation of php8.3-fpm and php8.3-cli on Ubuntu 18.04. The page says its older-version fixes come from a mix of upstream branches, Debian/Ubuntu backports, and a project-made port for PHP 5.5; the repository contents and security claims have not been independently checked.
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