PHP 8.3.27 Release Candidate 1 has been officially released, introducing a broad array of enhancements and bug fixes that aim to bolster the PHP ecosystem's security, serialization, and performance capabilities. Announced by Eric Mann, the release notes detail critical updates, including the resolution of significant bugs related to object property loading security vulnerabilities (GH-19765) and timeout issues with the --enable-zend-max-execution-timers flag.
Key improvements in core functionality address serialization recursion issues, data loss during serialize/deserialize processes, and crashes linked to improper return value handling. Furthermore, the Command-Line Interface (CLI) server has been optimized to prevent unnecessary error logs stemming from EAGAIN issues when PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS is enabled.
Various extensions have also received attention, with notable fixes including:
- Curl extension: Resolved cloning and version 8.16 build issues.
- Date extension: Fixed format string issues for ::createFromFormat.
- DBA component: Addressed fetch operation bugs.
- GD library: Fixed a memory leak in the imagefttext() function.
- MySQLnd driver: Enhanced handling of IPv6 addresses.
- Phar: Resolved memory leaks related to tar header writing failures.
- SimpleXML: Fixed XML parsing bugs and memory leaks in SoapServer.
- Standard library: Addressed crashes during object cloning and serialization data loss.
- Streams component: Improved error handling and resolved COW violations.
- XMLReader extension: Fixed memory leaks related to RelaxNG schema failures.
- Zip library: Fixed bugs affecting pattern overflows and memory leaks in encryption functions.
- Zlib: Resolved double free errors on gzopen.
These updates are pivotal for enhancing the overall stability, security, and performance of PHP 8.3.27 RC1, marking a significant advancement for the PHP development community.
Developers can download the release candidate from the official GitHub repository at the following link: [php-8.3.27RC1](https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.3.27RC1)
Key improvements in core functionality address serialization recursion issues, data loss during serialize/deserialize processes, and crashes linked to improper return value handling. Furthermore, the Command-Line Interface (CLI) server has been optimized to prevent unnecessary error logs stemming from EAGAIN issues when PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS is enabled.
Various extensions have also received attention, with notable fixes including:
- Curl extension: Resolved cloning and version 8.16 build issues.
- Date extension: Fixed format string issues for ::createFromFormat.
- DBA component: Addressed fetch operation bugs.
- GD library: Fixed a memory leak in the imagefttext() function.
- MySQLnd driver: Enhanced handling of IPv6 addresses.
- Phar: Resolved memory leaks related to tar header writing failures.
- SimpleXML: Fixed XML parsing bugs and memory leaks in SoapServer.
- Standard library: Addressed crashes during object cloning and serialization data loss.
- Streams component: Improved error handling and resolved COW violations.
- XMLReader extension: Fixed memory leaks related to RelaxNG schema failures.
- Zip library: Fixed bugs affecting pattern overflows and memory leaks in encryption functions.
- Zlib: Resolved double free errors on gzopen.
These updates are pivotal for enhancing the overall stability, security, and performance of PHP 8.3.27 RC1, marking a significant advancement for the PHP development community.
Developers can download the release candidate from the official GitHub repository at the following link: [php-8.3.27RC1](https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.3.27RC1)
PHP 8.3.27 RC1 released
PHP 8.3.27 Release Candidate 1 has been announced. This update includes numerous enhancements and bug fixes across various components of the PHP ecosystem, addressing issues related to security, serialization, and performance.
