Every small release needs to at least be sustained for 2 years with safety and security and also pest fixes, adhered to by at the very least one year of only safety and security solutions, for an overall of a three-year launch process for each small release. No brand-new functions, unless tiny and self-supporting, are to be introduced into a minor release during the three-year release procedure. Most recent versions of PHP are PHP 7.2.30, PHP 7.3.17 as well as PHP 7.4.5 released on 16 Apr 2020.