The PHP team is glad to announce the next PHP 7.3.0 pre-release, PHP 7.3.0RC4. The rough outline of the PHP 7.3 release cycle is specified in the PHP Wiki.

For source downloads of PHP 7.3.0RC4 please visit the download page. Windows sources and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the bug reporting system.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the NEWS file, or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. Internal changes are listed in the UPGRADING.INTERNALS file. These files can also be found in the release archive.

The next release would be RC5, planned for November 8th.

The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the QA site.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.