PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP.
It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
PHPUnit 6.1 is the current stable release series.
It became stable on April 7, 2017.
Support for PHPUnit 6 ends on February 8, 2019.
You can find out what is new in PHPUnit 6.1 in the release announcement.
PHPUnit 6.1 is supported on PHP 7.0 and PHP 7.1.
PHPUnit 5.7 is the old stable release series.
It became stable on December 2, 2016.
Support for PHPUnit 5 ends on February 2, 2018.
You can find out what was new in PHPUnit 5.7 in the release announcement.
PHPUnit 5.7 is supported on PHP 5.6, PHP 7.0, and PHP 7.1.
PHPUnit 4.8 is no longer supported.
It became stable on August 7, 2015.
Support for PHPUnit 4 ended on February 3, 2017.
You can find out what was new in PHPUnit 4.8 in the release announcement.
PHPUnit 4.8 was supported on PHP 5.3 – 5.6.
The documentation has details on how to verify PHAR releases of PHPUnit using PGP signatures and SHA1 hashes as well as how to install PHPUnit using Composer.
Old PHAR releases are archived at phar.phpunit.de.
We have a roadmap with details on what is planned for future releases of PHPUnit. Our release process is documented as well.