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3  <title>PHP 7.4.0RC2 Released!</title>
4  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2019.php#2019-09-19-1</id>
5  <published>2019-09-19T09:07:27+00:00</published>
6  <updated>2019-09-19T09:07:27+00:00</updated>
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12     <p>
13     The PHP team is glad to announce the second release candidate of PHP 7.4:
14     PHP 7.4.0RC2. This continues the PHP 7.4 release cycle, the rough outline of
15     which is specified in the <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php74">PHP
16     Wiki</a>.
17     </p>
18
19     <p>
20     <b>Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test
21     version.</b>
22     </p>
23
24     <p>
25     For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0RC2 please visit the
26     <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~derick">download page</a>.
27     </p>
28
29     <p>
30     Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the <a href="https://bugs.php.net">bug reporting system</a>.
31     </p>
32
33     <p>
34     For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
35     <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.0RC2/NEWS">NEWS</a>
36     file, or the
37     <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.0RC2/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a>
38     file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in
39     the release archive.
40     </p>
41
42     <p>
43     The next release would be <b>7.4.0RC3</b>, planned for October 3rd.
44     </p>
45
46     <p>
47     The signatures for the release can be found in
48     <a href="https://gist.github.com/derickr/4f8a617b73e471ee4cbbbde1862a9448">the
49     manifest</a> or on <a href="https://qa.php.net/">the QA site</a>.
50     </p>
51
52     <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
53    </div>
54  </content>
55</entry>
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