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  <title>PHP 7.4.0 Released!</title>
  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2019.php#2019-11-28-1</id>
  <published>2019-11-28T09:26:13+00:00</published>
  <updated>2019-11-28T09:26:13+00:00</updated>
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     <p>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.</p>
     
     <p>PHP 7.4.0 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:</p>
     
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     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.typed-properties">Typed Properties</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.arrow-functions">Arrow Functions</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.type-variance">Limited Return Type Covariance and Argument Type Contravariance</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.unpack-inside-array">Unpacking Inside Arrays</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.numeric-literal-separator">Numeric Literal Separator</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.weakreference">Weak References</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.new-features.php#migration74.new-features.core.tostring-exceptions">Allow Exceptions from __toString()</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/opcache.configuration.php#ini.opcache.preload">Opcache Preloading</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.deprecated.php">Several Deprecations</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/migration74.removed-extensions.php">Extensions Removed from the Core</a></li>
     </ul>
     
     <p>For source downloads of PHP 7.4.0 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads">downloads</a> page
     Windows binaries can be found on the <a href="http://windows.php.net/download">PHP for Windows</a> site.
     The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.4.0">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
     
     <p>The <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/migration74.php">migration guide</a> is available in the PHP Manual.
     Please consult it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes.</p>
     
     <p>Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters!</p>
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