diff --git a/lang/php/Portfile b/lang/php/Portfile
index b92fbb208b6da..1d5f37f3a6722 100644
--- a/lang/php/Portfile
+++ b/lang/php/Portfile
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ switch ${subport_branch} {
         # master_sites and livecheck, and update php.latest_stable_branch in the
         # php-1.1 portgroup.
         epoch           0
-        version         8.4.0alpha4
+        version         8.4.0beta3
         homepage        https://qa.php.net/
-        master_sites    https://downloads.php.net/~saki/
+        master_sites    https://downloads.php.net/~calvinb/
         use_xz          yes
-        checksums       rmd160  732b0aeea7e82b01b25fa8493460c8cc42901f1d \
-                        sha256  bf8d7568d2ab6ed78366791fa5a8bc4aa52058541ba9925bccf17999d0abd8e8 \
-                        size    13420224
+        checksums       rmd160  bfbb233ec4a2d3750621a2d956f4d877aa1cf5ca \
+                        sha256  6938140a64b7b5d577d38020d390d939b2ca4d0f178293487c70116e1a59500c \
+                        size    13438924
 
         livecheck.url   ${homepage}
         livecheck.regex php-([strsed ${subport_branch} {g/\\./\\./}](?:\\.\[0-9.\]+)*(?:(?:alpha|beta|RC)\\d+|-latest))\\.tar
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ subport ${php} {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     depends_run             port:php_select
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ subport ${php}-apache2handler {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     description             ${php} Apache 2 Handler SAPI
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ subport ${php}-cgi {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     description             ${php} CGI SAPI
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ subport ${php}-fpm {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     description             ${php} FPM SAPI
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ subport ${php}-calendar {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     description             a PHP extension for converting between different \
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ subport ${php}-curl {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       net www
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ subport ${php}-dba {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       databases
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ subport ${php}-enchant {
         8.1.29              {revision 1}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       textproc devel
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ subport ${php}-exif {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       graphics
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ subport ${php}-ffi {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       devel
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ subport ${php}-ftp {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       net
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ subport ${php}-gd {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       graphics
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ subport ${php}-gettext {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       devel
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ subport ${php}-gmp {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       devel math
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ subport ${php}-iconv {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       textproc
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ subport ${php}-imap {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       mail
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ subport ${php}-intl {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       devel
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ subport ${php}-ipc {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          shmop sysvmsg sysvsem sysvshm
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ subport ${php}-ldap {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       databases
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ subport ${php}-mbstring {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       textproc
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ subport ${php}-mysql {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          mysqli pdo_mysql
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ subport ${php}-odbc {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          odbc pdo_odbc
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ if {[vercmp ${branch} >= 5.5]} {
             8.1.29              {revision 0}
             8.2.22              {revision 0}
             8.3.10              {revision 0}
-            8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+            8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
         }
 
         php.extensions.zend opcache
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ subport ${php}-openssl {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       devel security
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ subport ${php}-oracle {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          oci8 pdo_oci
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ subport ${php}-pcntl {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       sysutils
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ subport ${php}-posix {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       sysutils
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ subport ${php}-postgresql {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          pgsql pdo_pgsql
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ subport ${php}-pspell {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       textproc
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ subport ${php}-snmp {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       sysutils
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ subport ${php}-soap {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       net
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ subport ${php}-sockets {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       net
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ subport ${php}-sodium {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          sodium
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ subport ${php}-sqlite {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     php.extensions          sqlite sqlite3 pdo_sqlite
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ subport ${php}-tidy {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       www
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ subport ${php}-xsl {
         8.1.29              {revision 0}
         8.2.22              {revision 0}
         8.3.10              {revision 0}
-        8.4.0alpha4         {revision 0}
+        8.4.0beta3          {revision 0}
     }
 
     categories-append       textproc