The second alpha version of PHP 7.4.0 is now available

- Core:
. Fixed bug #78151 (Segfault caused by indirect expressions in PHP 7.4a1).
(Nikita)
. Fixed bug #78154 (SEND_VAR_NO_REF does not always send reference). (Nikita)
. Fixed bug #78182 (Segmentation fault during by-reference property
assignment). (Nikita)

- Date:
. Fixed #69044 (discrepency between time and microtime). (krakjoe)

- GD:
. Added TGA read support. (cmb)

- MySQLi:
. Fixed bug #67348 (Reading $dbc->stat modifies $dbc->affected_rows).
(Derick)

- Opcache:
. Fixed bug #78106 (Path resolution fails if opcache disabled during request).
(Nikita)
. Fixed bug #78175 (Preloading segfaults at preload time and at runtime).
(Dmitry)

- SQLite3:
. Implement FR ##70950 (Make SQLite3 Online Backup API available). (BohwaZ)

  PHP 7.4.0 Alpha 2 released