1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> 3 <title>PHP 8.4.0 RC2 available for testing</title> 4 <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-10-10-1</id> 5 <published>2024-10-10T14:04:23+00:00</published> 6 <updated>2024-10-10T14:04:23+00:00</updated> 7 <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2024-10-10-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> 8 <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-10-10-1" rel="via" type="text/html"/> 9 <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/> 10 <content type="xhtml"> 11 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 12 <p> 13 The PHP team is pleased to announce the release of PHP 8.4.0, RC2. 14 This is the second release candidate, continuing the PHP 8.4 release cycle, 15 the rough outline of which is specified in the 16 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php84">PHP Wiki</a>. 17 </p> 18 <p> 19 For source downloads of PHP 8.4.0, RC2 please visit the 20 <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~calvinb">download page</a>. 21 </p> 22 <p> 23 Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the 24 <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues">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-8.4.0RC2/NEWS">NEWS</a> file 30 or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.4.0RC2/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 RC 3, planned for 24 October 2024. 36 </p> 37 <p> 38 The signatures for the release can be found in 39 <a href="https://gist.github.com/NattyNarwhal/ea2bb82ce1e3fb67f385b2d6e2e085dc">the manifest</a> 40 or on <a href="https://qa.php.net/">the QA site</a>. 41 </p> 42 <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p> 43 </div> 44 </content> 45</entry> 46
