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  <title>PHP 7.4.0beta4 released!</title>
  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2019.php#2019-08-22-1</id>
  <published>2019-08-22T14:51:16+00:00</published>
  <updated>2019-08-22T14:51:16+00:00</updated>
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     The PHP team is glad to announce the third and last beta release of PHP 7.4:
     PHP 7.4.0beta4. This continues the PHP 7.4 release cycle, the rough outline of
     which is specified in the <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php74">PHP
     Wiki</a>.
     </p>
     
     <p>
     For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0beta4 please visit the
     <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~derick">download page</a>.
     </p>
     
     <p>
     Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the <a href="https://bugs.php.net">bug reporting system</a>.
     </p>
     
     <p>
     <b>Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test
     version.</b>
     </p>
     
     <p>
     For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
     <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.0beta4/NEWS">NEWS</a>
     file, or the
     <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.0beta4/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a>
     file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in
     the release archive.
     </p>
     
     <p>
     The next release would be <b>RC 1</b>, planned for September 5th.
     </p>
     
     <p>
     The signatures for the release can be found in
     <a href="https://gist.github.com/derickr/3c8d6ca0c4ec904fd5a3c47dbf9bf637">the
     manifest</a> or on <a href="https://qa.php.net/">the QA site</a>.
     </p>
     
     <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
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