PHP 7.4.0RC3: Downloads, Changelog, News

Release Information

Release
7.4.0RC3
PHP Version
PHP 7.4
Release Date
Release Type
Bug Fix Release
Release Status
EOL, Use PHP 7.4.33
Branch Status
Unsupported

PHP 7.4 reached EOL on , and all releases of this version no longer receive security or bug fixes. Using PHP 7.4.0RC3 is not recommended. PHP 7.4.33 is the latest version in the series.

Downloads

Source Code

Git Clone
Use Git to clone the 7.4.0RC3 tag from the PHP Git repository.
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git --depth 1 --branch php-7.4.0RC3
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:7.4.0RC3-cli-alpine

Debian-based: More compatible with other components, complete, and are widely used.
docker pull php:7.4.0RC3-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:7.4.0RC3-fpm-alpine

Debian-based ZTS Apache: Includes Apache web server integrating PHP as an Apache module.
docker pull php:7.4.0RC3-apache

Debian-based NTS FPM: PHP-FPM, can be integrated with Nginx, Caddy, and other web servers over Fast CGI.
docker pull php:7.4.0RC3-fpm

Commit List

Christoph M. Becker

CJDennis

Derick Rethans

Dmitry Stogov

Fabien Villepinte

Gabriel Caruso

  • Use nproc instead of hardcoded number in 3205ebefa3

Gerard Roche

  • Fix GCOV not working for PHP-7.4 and master branches in 9cc1bf5628

Jinesh Patel

  • Fix length of key passed to zend_hash_str_find_ptr in 0d6c2448a7
  • Fix hash key length in umsg_parse_format() in d2331cc3f2

Nikita Popov

Remi Collet

Sergei Turchanov

  • Fix #78413: php-fpm request_terminate_timeout does not take effect after fastcgi_finish_request in e546d721e8

Stephen Reay

  • Allow lookup of distro-packaged QDBM headers on Debian in 7a81505f6f

Tyson Andre

  • Reduce memory used by token_get_all() in 7e0f7b7677
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