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3  <title>PHP 5.6.40 Released</title>
4  <id>http://php.net/archive/2019.php#id2019-01-10-4</id>
5  <published>2019-01-10T15:01:12-08:00</published>
6  <updated>2019-01-10T15:01:12-08:00</updated>
7  <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/>
8  <category term="releases" label="New PHP release"/>
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13     <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
14     5.6.40. This is a security release. Several security bugs have been fixed
15     in this release.
16
17     All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
18     </p>
19
20     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.6.40 please visit our <a
21href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
22     Windows source and binaries can be found on <a
23href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
24     The list of changes is recorded in the <a
25href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.40">ChangeLog</a>.
26     </p>
27
28     <p>Please note that according to the <a href="http://php.net/supported-versions.php">PHP version
29support timelines</a>,
30        PHP 5.6.40 is the last scheduled release of PHP 5.6 branch. There may be additional release if we
31discover
32        important security issues that warrant it, otherwise this release will be the final one in the PHP
335.6 branch.
34        If your PHP installation is based on PHP 5.6, it may be a good time to start making the plans for
35the upgrade
36        to PHP 7.1, PHP 7.2 or PHP 7.3.
37     </p>
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39  </content>
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