The release candidates for PHP 8.0.2 and 7.4.15 are now available for testing.

21 Jan 2021, PHP 8.0.2RC1

- Core:
. Fixed bug #80523 (bogus parse error on >4GB source code). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #80384 (filter buffers entire read until file closed). (Adam Seitz, cmb)
. Fixed bug #80596 (Invalid union type TypeError in anonymous classes). (Daniil Gentili)
. Fixed bug #80617 (GCC throws warning about type narrowing in ZEND_TYPE_INIT_CODE). (Nikita)

- BCMath:
. Fixed bug #80545 (bcadd('a', 'a') doesn't throw an exception). (Jens de Nies)

- Curl:
. Fixed bug #80595 (Resetting POSTFIELDS to empty array breaks request). (cmb)

- Date:
. Fixed bug #80376 (last day of the month causes runway cpu usage). (Derick)

- DOM:
. Fixed bug #80537 (Wrong parameter type in DOMElement::removeAttributeNode stub). (Nikita)

- Filter:
. Fixed bug #80584 (0x and 0X are considered valid hex numbers by filter_var()). (girgias)

- GMP:
. Fixed bug #80560 (Strings containing only a base prefix return 0 object). (girgias)

- Intl:
. Fixed bug #80644 (Missing resource causes subsequent get() calls to fail). (Nikita)

- MySQLi:
. Fixed bug #67983 (mysqlnd with MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE fails to interpret bit columns). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #64638 (Fetching resultsets from stored procedure with cursor fails). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #72862 (segfault using prepared statements on stored procedures that use a cursor). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #77935 (Crash in mysqlnd_fetch_stmt_row_cursor when calling an SP with a cursor). (Nikita)

- ODBC:
. Fixed bug #80592 (all floats are the same in ODBC parameters). (cmb)

- Opcache:
. Fixed bug #80422 (php_opcache.dll crashes when using Apache 2.4 with JIT). (Dmitry)

- PDO_Firebird:
. Fixed bug #80521 (Parameters with underscores no longer recognized). (cmb, Simonov Denis)

- Phar:
. Fixed bug #76929 (zip-based phar does not respect phar.require_hash). (david at bamsoftware, cmb)
. Fixed bug #77565 (Incorrect locator detection in ZIP-based phars). (cmb)
. Fixed bug #69279 (Compressed ZIP Phar extractTo() creates garbage files). (cmb)

- Phpdbg:
. Reverted fix for bug #76813 (Access violation near NULL on source operand). (cmb)



Download PHP 8.0.2RC1 from GitHub

21 Jan 2021, PHP 7.4.15RC2

- Core:
. Fixed bug #80523 (bogus parse error on >4GB source code). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #80384 (filter buffers entire read until file closed). (Adam Seitz, cmb)
- Curl:
. Fixed bug #80595 (Resetting POSTFIELDS to empty array breaks request). (cmb)

- Date:
. Fixed bug #80376 (last day of the month causes runway cpu usage. (Derick)

- MySQLi:
. Fixed bug #67983 (mysqlnd with MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE fails to interpret bit columns). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #64638 (Fetching resultsets from stored procedure with cursor fails). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #72862 (segfault using prepared statements on stored procedures that use a cursor). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #77935 (Crash in mysqlnd_fetch_stmt_row_cursor when calling an SP with a cursor). (Nikita)

- Phar:
. Fixed bug #77565 (Incorrect locator detection in ZIP-based phars). (cmb)
. Fixed bug #69279 (Compressed ZIP Phar extractTo() creates garbage files). (cmb)

Download PHP 7.4.15RC2 from GitHub