The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.4.0. This release marks the fourth feature update to the PHP 7 series. PHP 7.4.0 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as: - Typed Properties - Arrow Functions - Limited Return Type Covariance and Argument Type Contravariance - Unpacking Inside Arrays - Numeric Literal Separator - Weak References - Allow Exceptions from __toString() - Opcache Preloading There are also several deprecations, and some extensions have been removed from the core distribution. For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0 please visit our downloads page. Windows binaries can be found on the PHP for Windows site. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog. A migration guide is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes. Release Announcement: <http://php.net/releases/7_4_0.php> Downloads: <http://www.php.net/downloads> Windows downloads: <http://windows.php.net/download> Changelog: <http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.4.0> Migration guide: <http://php.net/manual/migration74.php> Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters! Derick Rethans and Peter Kokot P.S. Below is the verification information for the downloads, which is also available on <https://gist.github.com/derickr/754720a595d560c26be43375e81bee6b>. php-7.4.0.tar.gz SHA256 hash: 004a1a8176176ee1b5c112e73d705977507803f425f9e48cb4a84f42b22abf22 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEWlKIB4H3VWCL+BX8kQ3rRvU+oxIFAl3djwQACgkQkQ3rRvU+ oxL2/w/8DXnFVQlFYU9Tl8x8z5mk/JS0dRwBod4wzARrOsUyrCkkmx8MSWTTqI5E 15+JsxcQgSGMKSnN9DGXZj3pts+eAb1Pas7ToodHG/bjHwrRcxmnEVNK6XhHRVpt zXOtiL+r5QLkzIlBFg10Jn8ZpzOODwcKWQccW4fktfRCENCJrMCYu0yzOH81SEHF k85by9uu4DQChrWm9mD42UuU8lyUZVnqtEaUfW8TV/gpBkgMeL5QqTKAGL+7ug+u anEb3m0OZsawcSzwgjyqrD/LmM2Vl76Ue8RV1Iw5Y1NdHAxczvmu+FVTq5TnlFKy xZZnz4BnJueZrq2ZOEUGqHGuLwDGMOllVHOkTL/4rOka7WBRYbpHGrPuvcKedXRw ZO3K2iabtgwrctMQIX8a49cjehhvVO4C2IlSqmFODFwQyEXYV5BVsrIPbVU+U1IO C26J4ZLHJq6B4VOjLhUKRFgZ5faYtwzBtWiPAahApKMVEf6SLsZ+f+Y0R60pePr3 BGNKJHHjlLBMLGNNCkmtJ0ZK1NpGa9CXLmp0viOeZzfTkdDf230qv3lpym7GIos6 lfzLxm5I2d77NLtN8pKSKfXpoEpulPaZSeBa64qg6NAJ/aV+QIqn2q8iEtz9wlKg hRrFhiXvMS2ZIS4mClinknUCWJXUJIcx9t/8xDnvnqKLOKaria4= =fNG/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-7.4.0.tar.bz2 SHA256 hash: bf206be96a39e643180013df39ddcd0493966692a2422c4b7d3355b6a15a01c0 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEWlKIB4H3VWCL+BX8kQ3rRvU+oxIFAl3djwgACgkQkQ3rRvU+ oxKuJRAAwDwybpwy44Re7YM5Cjn+3h14ocu+uSD2T+pALQQpN2sI6l333ZN3EILe oI63N0+0KPb+tzk2d+9XRdwHdcLc2m64O87R3ZVvSleebexwkfOOLCwqjxPQWUGU +TbFTPjdh52SbxF/Qd4Z/Hc03pWMcmjE+6usrLGdazoaqVgXH0IPvps8kVimvGia KPFQgh6DCsG3GlWzaASiCszMX6KusbyiUaP1N63DBof0EezOgjlwFKSJJ7PMzWtN xp25LSSVGe+HnH3BSA/wik8n7VuY3y+4rvsmMekvGzJ+GXbmlUSVWP3fl1WUNVsG DtumDpxbGrQvKsT5Y+a7TCBi+uIcIc6+jfTwAjR4I0/TWiGo/ArPumOuvsZYzse1 EO6IVC2IojjBAulNCEVtKnyuqZ1/bWZjhtRYeVWTUt1Lonfl23jSm/uF8enPMMh6 omZwFoIq9liFsLBzgBUKgyu8Sl1S/RHQf43WT16HUC8VEghEJa+1EMkOPVN+x1B8 aNDOjhxOANzDSrGTxEOVfOMErZmlo5pq3b97S+/J9SsBEiNaMz1bMgif/WAKz7QV 3qeeZwj1/tSzatoThU/Er+MI7b+nfFI2y+Zs53IgkqO+msgNX4gG2nELd9wEQnd1 3ivDp0IuPsOiZgV4mu/oGPQPDwBX8KcGt5G+X/mlFANob+4GFbc= =A+7X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-7.4.0.tar.xz SHA256 hash: 9bb751b20e5d6cc1ea9b1ebf23ef2d5f07f99b2d9cc417bf1d70c04f8b20ec42 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEWlKIB4H3VWCL+BX8kQ3rRvU+oxIFAl3djwkACgkQkQ3rRvU+ oxLiFRAAlAFfGqQhMjh5WuC/2cV4gtM6ykmK/jEkpHSuVhRLZiB7kl+bVfXhIxQk HHzNmBSaLqc/ZfnxXVDoX0GhcLoQVYG/wQTYq5L0RfTRLhwJHBbXAwsIk2h9HIyb gx2cMCCQWjoo8I32XcxUuJjUrV/eGaR1bMJU3zfKJI5PML6/p+XesGnLlKjYscG3 OGQesCiMr0zHhxNlhJyVXcS7lHlGzFdu5TPPHdXuok6LUDhpuTguewv4ovressCF KijErEwXPXxtMzFySUb/0FsKb6Qtc5GntqE5llD4mMOHCSnc5YXJbQQkBuD4opqg BgjLcJNAR/ZIuD+BoUSSaZRf3NAG6j79q0nr9wvF15HFIV00FiX3Pw1E71wWk9Pr T6yNCuHjtzv9nySyFrUhHDL2WSLQOXiZDH5DRAlPz4TUbhUJa+C8iT6yMdXSkBMX 6UL86wnVZcVYXlgRfnYE8dZIeD2yxu2MRg2/gN9qzwprFxYRv2BkXxLVa9Pg8oIz w0P6wikkZsy85EvOVDirzH5UsZ+6eLj0pQFEzvPLsM72t/PzRmVsPeyVj/dqttgY YgY5+SRQP+2G26oZayLaGUZV7m72Ufx1yzuMvKzTic3rwI8O6LvivwPnao7y8PSq 9T0ZWmQR9mFUQ0XkIU9U06OOZA1g4vYW3BjNp13AknAmjjRW7cc= =btiV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- PHP 7.4 Release Manager Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news Like Xdebug? Become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/derickr https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io twitter: @derickr and @xdebug