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14 Nov 2019

The PHP team is glad to announce the sixth release candidate of PHP 7.4: PHP 7.4.0RC6. This continues the PHP 7.4 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0RC6 please visit the download page.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug reporting system.

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the NEWS file, or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release would be 7.4.0, planned for November 28th.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

21 Nov 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.25. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 7.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.25 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

21 Nov 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.3.12. This is a bug fix release.

All PHP 7.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.3.12 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

28 Nov 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.0. This release marks the fourth feature update to the PHP 7 series.

PHP 7.4.0 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

• Typed Properties
• Arrow Functions
• Limited Return Type Covariance and Argument Type Contravariance
• Unpacking Inside Arrays
• Numeric Literal Separator
• Weak References
• Allow Exceptions from __toString()
• Opcache Preloading
• Several Deprecations
• Extensions Removed from the Core

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0 please visit our downloads page Windows binaries can be found on the PHP for Windows site. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The migration guide is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes.

Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters!

18 Dec 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.3.13. This is a security release which also contains several bug fixes.

All PHP 7.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.3.13 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

18 Dec 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.1. This is a security release which also contains several bug fixes.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.1 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

18 Dec 2019

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.26. This is a security release which also contains several minor bug fixes.

All PHP 7.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.26 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

23 Jan 2020

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.2. This is a security release which also contains several bug fixes.

All PHP 7.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.4.2 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

23 Jan 2020

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.27. This is a security release.

All PHP 7.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.27 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.