The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.2.0 Release
Candidate 1. This release is the first Release Candidate for 7.2.0.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs
and incompatibilities in the bug tracking 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. These files can also be found in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 please visit the
download page,
Windows sources and binaries can be found at
windows.php.net/qa/.

The second Release Candidate will be released on the 14th of September.
You can also read the full list of planned releases on
our wiki.

Thank you for helping us make PHP better.