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  <title>PHP 7.3.0RC1 Released</title>
  <id>http://php.net/archive/2018.php#id2018-09-13-2</id>
  <published>2018-09-13T10:57:40+02:00</published>
  <updated>2018-09-13T10:57:40+02:00</updated>
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      <p>
        The PHP team is glad to announce the release of the next PHP 7.3.0 pre-release, PHP 7.3.0RC1.
        The rough outline of the PHP 7.3 release cycle is specified in the
        <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73">PHP Wiki</a>.
      </p>

      <p>
        For source downloads of PHP 7.3.0RC1 please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~cmb/">download page</a>.
        Windows sources and binaries can be found on <a href="https://windows.php.net/qa/">windows.php.net/qa/</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>THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!</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-7.3.0RC1/NEWS">NEWS</a> file,
        or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC1/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a>
        file for a complete list of upgrading notes. Internal changes are listed in the
        <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC1/UPGRADING.INTERNALS">UPGRADING.INTERNALS</a> file.
        These files can also be found in the release archive.
      </p>

      <p>
        The next release would be RC2, planned for September 27th.
      </p>

      <p>
        The signatures for the release can be found in <a href="https://gist.github.com/cmb69/224ae1ef28b1e3f2e0a62a4ab50966e4">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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