diff --git a/php-bug78297.patch b/php-bug78297.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..396a161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php-bug78297.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From f3e71b3b730eabc2b12871b3a19dad815219bcb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:08:27 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixed bug #78297
+
+(cherry picked from commit 8a19fe29de77d7477d59db472dd6aadabd5ac249)
+---
+ NEWS                            |  5 +++++
+ sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_list.c       |  1 +
+ sapi/phpdbg/tests/bug78297.phpt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 sapi/phpdbg/tests/bug78297.phpt
+
+diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
+index ae6a3c5405d8..76e8f830a0bb 100644
+--- a/NEWS
++++ b/NEWS
+@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+ PHP                                                                        NEWS
+ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
++?? ??? ????, PHP 7.3.8
++
++- Phpdbg:
++  . Fixed bug #78297 (Include unexistent file memory leak). (Nikita)
++
+ 18 Jul 2019, PHP 7.3.8RC1
+ 
+ - Core:
+diff --git a/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_list.c b/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_list.c
+index aab641cb5606..a9b0f4b815cf 100644
+--- a/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_list.c
++++ b/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_list.c
+@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ zend_op_array *phpdbg_compile_file(zend_file_handle *file, int type) {
+ 		} else {
+ 			zend_message_dispatcher(ZMSG_FAILED_INCLUDE_FOPEN, file->filename);
+ 		}
++		return NULL;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	data.buf = estrndup(bufptr, len);
+diff --git a/sapi/phpdbg/tests/bug78297.phpt b/sapi/phpdbg/tests/bug78297.phpt
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000000..47b13ad60544
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/sapi/phpdbg/tests/bug78297.phpt
+@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
++--TEST--
++Bug #78297: Include unexistent file memory leak
++--PHPDBG--
++r
++q
++--FILE--
++<?php
++include "does_not_exist.php";
++--EXPECTF--
++[Successful compilation of %s]
++prompt> 
++Warning: include(%s): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in %s on line %d
++
++Warning: include(): Failed opening 'does_not_exist.php' for inclusion (include_path=%s) in %s on line %d
++[Script ended normally]
++prompt>
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index bc9eb16..ed83baf 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@
 %global with_lmdb     0
 %endif
 
-%global upver        7.3.7
-#global rcver        RC3
+%global upver        7.3.8
+%global rcver        RC1
 
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
 Version: %{upver}%{?rcver:~%{rcver}}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # All files licensed under PHP version 3.01, except
 # Zend is licensed under Zend
 # TSRM is licensed under BSD
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Patch46: php-7.2.4-fixheader.patch
 Patch47: php-5.6.3-phpinfo.patch
 
 # Upstream fixes (100+)
+Patch100: php-bug78297.patch
 
 # Security fixes (200+)
 
@@ -156,11 +157,18 @@ Provides: php-zts%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 %endif
 
 Requires: httpd-mmn = %{_httpd_mmn}
-Provides: mod_php = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: php-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Provides: mod_php                = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: php-common%{?_isa}     = %{version}-%{release}
 # For backwards-compatibility, require php-cli for the time being:
-Requires: php-cli%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Recommends: php-fpm%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: php-cli%{?_isa}        = %{version}-%{release}
+# httpd have threaded MPM by default
+Recommends: php-fpm%{?_isa}      = %{version}-%{release}
+# as "php" is now mostly a meta-package, commonly used extensions
+Recommends: php-json%{?_isa}     = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: php-mbstring%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: php-opcache%{?_isa}  = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: php-pdo%{?_isa}      = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: php-xml%{?_isa}      = %{version}-%{release}
 # To ensure correct /var/lib/php/session ownership:
 Requires(pre): httpd-filesystem
 # php engine for Apache httpd webserver
@@ -724,6 +732,7 @@ low-level PHP extension for the libsodium cryptographic library.
 %patch47 -p1 -b .phpinfo
 
 # upstream patches
+%patch100 -p1 -b .78297
 
 # security patches
 
@@ -1564,6 +1573,12 @@ systemctl try-restart php-fpm.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 16 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 7.3.8~RC1-1
+- update to 7.3.8RC1
+- add upstream patch for #78297
+- main package now recommends commonly used extensions
+  (json, mbstring, opcache, pdo, xml)
+
 * Wed Jul  3 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 7.3.7-2
 - Update to 7.3.7 - http://www.php.net/releases/7_3_7.php
 - disable opcache.huge_code_pages in default configuration
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6e5f013..a9d3542 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (php-7.3.7.tar.xz) = 583a28aa346c3322998bfda81bf00f2f2b84ff1e2311f0877288d7d4f02639e953e9bd8cb59372cd4bec9aeffa3ec00375c4b03a3ee8ec1db05a095a28164908
+SHA512 (php-7.3.8RC1.tar.xz) = 83cf25160c925cebabbd743db40f000427a77fb93740fa6221c96339ca492c99f71221ba3e750d7a02b4aa6f65249565fe3dcdaab2f789e5abfac5a6a4bbb1a3