PHP 8.5.5RC1 available for testing

PHP 8.5.5RC1 has just been released and may be downloaded from https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/ Or use the git tag: php-8.5.5RC1 Windows binaries, once built, will be available at: https://www.php.net/pre-release-builds.php#windows Please test it carefully and report any bugs at https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml on GitHub. 8.5.5 can be expected in 2 weeks, on 9 Apr 2026. Potentially, there will be 8.5.5RC2 in one week. Hash values and PGP signatures can be found below or at https://gist.github.com/edorian/b0ebba0f7ba994b3a5416ed7925d4544 Thank you, and happy testing! Regards, Volker Dusch, Daniel Scherzer, and Pierrick Charron