PHP 7.3.0RC4: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
7.3.0RC4
PHP Version
PHP 7.3
Release Date
Release Type
Bug Fix Release
Release Status
EOL, Use PHP 7.3.33
Branch Status
Unsupported

PHP 7.3 reached EOL on , and all releases of this version no longer receive security or bug fixes. Using PHP 7.3.0RC4 is not recommended. PHP 7.3.33 is the latest version in the series.

Downloads

Source Code

Git Clone
Use Git to clone the 7.3.0RC4 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-7.3.0RC4
How to compile PHP
PHP can be compiled by setting up the dependencies, building the configure script (./buildconf), configuring the build ./configure, and running make.
Detailed articles on how to compile PHP are available for Ubuntu/Debian based systems and Fedora/RHEL based systems.

Windows binaries
Non-Thread Safe Builds
Non-Thread Safe (NTS) builds are single-threaded PHP builds. They can be used on web servers that integrate PHP over FastCGI protocol, such as Nginx, Caddy, and IIS.
Thread-Safe Builds
Thread-Safe (TS) builds are multi-thread PHP builds, often used to integrate PHP as a Server API for multithreaded servers. The most common use case is using PHP as an Apache module.

Docker/Podman Containers

PHP CLI
PHP CLI Containers images only include the PHP CLI, and no FPM or Apache modules. The Alpine builds are lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds. Albeit their larger size, the Debian-based (without the "-alpine" suffix) images are more complete, and widely used.

Alpine-based: Lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds.
docker pull php:7.3.0RC4-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:7.3.0RC4-cli
PHP CLI + Web Server Integration
These container images include PHP CLI, and a web server integration. FPM container images can be integrated with web servers such as Nginx, Caddy, and Apache with Event MPM. The Apache container images include Apache web server, integrating PHP as an Apache module.

Alpine-based: Lightweight, but may introduce incompatibilities due to their musl builds.
docker pull php:7.3.0RC4-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:7.3.0RC4-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:7.3.0RC4-fpm

Commit List

Anatol Belski

Christoph M. Becker

Derick Rethans

Frank Denis

  • ext/sodium: Avoid shifts wider than 32 bits on size_t values in d057458166
  • ext/sodium: Use a correct max output size for base64 decoding in 15ba7df224
  • ext/sodium: Fix sodium_pad() with blocksize >= 256 in bf48d0c475
  • ext/sodium: sodium_pad(): do not copy any bytes if the string is empty in 82a93c1794

Jakub Zelenka

  • Fix arginfo and clean up fpm_get_status in c8febbe039

Mizunashi Mana

Nikita Popov

Peter Kokot

  • Bump minimum Autoconf requirement to 2.68 in 0b0d4b5f0d
  • Convert CRLF line endings to LF in 3f72c77ce4
  • Convert CRLF line endings to LF in 2aa897476f
  • Convert CRLF line endings to LF in 85290bbfcc
  • Trim trailing whitespace in source code files in 7f6387b59a
  • Trim trailing whitespace in source code files in 902d39a3a7
  • Trim trailing whitespace in source code files in 3362620b5f
  • Fix failing ext/zlib/tests due to whitespace in 9120e79e9f
  • Fix failing tests/lang due to whitespace in ed64e1d59a
  • Sync leading and final newlines in source code files in 03f3b8479b
  • Sync leading and final newlines in source code files in 60a69daec6
  • Sync leading and final newlines in source code files in 1c850bfcca
  • Fix failing ext/session/tests due to final newlines in afd534f163
  • Trim trailing whitespace in *.phpt in 7af945e271
  • Trim trailing whitespace in *.phpt in 17ccbeec32
  • Trim trailing whitespace in *.phpt in 782352c54a
  • Sync leading and final newlines in *.phpt sections in 113213f027
  • Sync leading and final newlines in *.phpt sections in f1d7e3ca0b
  • Sync leading and final newlines in *.phpt sections in b746e69887
  • Fix failing Zend/tests due to newlines in 6b8605d31f
  • Fix tests/output/bug74815.phpt generating errors.log in de9f325c12
  • Fix #77035: The phpize and ./configure create redundant .deps file in 447b41f6bb
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