# Vapor: PHP 8.1 Release Candidate Is Now Supported

DevFeed: [Vapor: PHP 8.1 Release Candidate Is Now Supported](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vapor-php-8-1-release-candidate-is-now-supported-3966.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/vapor-php-81-release-candidate-is-now-supported>)

Author: Nuno Maduro

Published: 2021-10-19T09:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Vapor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swift-vapor.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [php-8-1](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php-8-1.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel Vapor now supports PHP 8.1 Release Candidates in Vapor environments. Users can select the php-8.1:al2 runtime in vapor.yml, while Docker runtime support is expected later. After PHP 8.1 becomes stable, environments will use the stable version following a subsequent deployment.

## Source excerpt

Starting today, you may use PHP 8.1 Release Candidates in your Vapor environments. To get started, simply specify "php-8.1:al2" as your preferred runtime in your "vapor.yml" configuration file.