The first alpha for 7.0.0 was just released and can be downloaded from:

https://downloads.php.net/~ab/

The Windows binaries are available at

http://windows.php.net/qa/

This is the start of a new PHP era! Thanks everyone who made and helped
to make this happen. From now on we are looking straight forward to get
the final in time.

Please test it carefully, and report any bugs in the bug system.
Alpha 2 will be tagged on Tuesday 23th and released on Thursday 25th.

Regards,
Kalle Sommer Nielsen, Anatol Belski and Ferenc Kovacs