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3  <title>PHP 8.3.0 RC 1 available for testing</title>
4  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2023.php#2023-08-31-1</id>
5  <published>2023-08-31T11:23:53+00:00</published>
6  <updated>2023-08-31T11:23:53+00:00</updated>
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12      <p>
13        The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.3.0, RC 1.
14        This is the first release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.3 release cycle,
15        the rough outline of which is specified in the
16        <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php83">PHP Wiki</a>.
17      </p>
18      <p>
19        For source downloads of PHP 8.3.0, RC 1 please visit the
20        <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~jakub/">download page</a>.
21      </p>
22      <p>
23        Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the
24        <a href="http://bugs.php.net">bug reporting system</a>.
25      </p>
26      <p><b>Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.</b></p>
27      <p>
28        For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
29        <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.3.0RC1/NEWS">NEWS</a> file
30        or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.3.0RC1/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a>
31        file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be
32        found in the release archive.
33      </p>
34      <p>
35        The next release will be the second release candidate (RC 2), planned
36        for 14 September 2023.
37      </p>
38      <p>
39        The signatures for the release can be found in
40        <a href="https://gist.github.com/bukka/b5d4f8f27d1f013837e1f596d90ea1fc">the manifest</a>
41        or on <a href="https://qa.php.net/">the QA site</a>.
42      </p>
43      <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
44    </div>
45  </content>
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