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PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1. This release is the first Release Candidate for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

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.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 please visit the download page, Windows sources and binaries can be found at windows.php.net/qa/.

The second Relase Candidate will be released on the 14th of September. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 7.0.23 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.0.23. Several bugs have been fixed. All PHP 7.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.0.23 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.

PHP 7.2.0 Beta 3 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 3. This release is the third and final beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

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.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 3 please visit the download page, Windows sources and binaries can be found at windows.php.net/qa/.

The first Relase Candidate will be released on the 31th of August. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 7.1.8 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.8. This is a bugfix release, with several bug fixes included. All PHP 7.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.1.8 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.

PHP 7.2.0 Beta 2 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 2. This release is the second beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

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.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 2 please visit the download page, Windows sources and binaries can be found at windows.php.net/qa/.

The third and final beta will be released on the 17th of August. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 7.0.22 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.0.22. Several bugs have been fixed. All PHP 7.0 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 7.0.22 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.

PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1. This release is the first beta for 7.2.0. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1 builds on previous releases with:

  • The much anticipated Sodium extension
  • Opcache improvements
  • Countable support for DOMNodeList and DOMNamedNodeMap
  • Improved handling for invalid UTF8 in json_decode()
  • And many bugfixes...

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.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Beta 1 please visit the download page, Windows sources and binaries can be found at windows.php.net/qa/.

The second beta will be released on the 3rd of August. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

PHP 5.6.31 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.6.31. This is a security release. Several security bugs were fixed in this release. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

For source downloads of PHP 5.6.31 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.

PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 3 Released

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 3. This release contains fixes and improvements relative to Alpha 2. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For information on 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.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Alpha 3 please visit the download page, Windows sources and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

The first beta will be released on the 20th of July. You can also read the full list of planned releases on our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

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