[web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.6.0RC4

Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati) Date: 2026-10-21T17:42:59+02:00 Commit: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/98583633a60a026f0376fdda897f16a50897061f Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/98583633a60a026f0376fdda897f16a50897061f.diff Announce PHP 8.6.0RC4 Changed paths: A public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml M include/release-qa.php M public/archive/archive.xml Diff: diff --git a/include/release-qa.php b/include/release-qa.php index 9ec05b1dc2..47e38b09fc 100644 --- a/include/release-qa.php +++ b/include/release-qa.php @@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ 'active' => true, 'release' => [ 'type' => 'RC', - 'number' => 3, - 'sha256_bz2' => '12d024eba9fa4bf379693c045a544eec2144de2d7de71f31a6ed4496717e0307', - 'sha256_gz' => 'a40085cef8bfb560ed3649cd83879e768ab22fe4cee467aa56b1b795c92e057d', - 'sha256_xz' => '131f87a206bdd90c178d8e44e80243ae0c333c4cee8531f63d1caa9acdd8696a', - 'date' => '08 October 2026', - 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/', + 'number' => 4, + 'sha256_bz2' => '60d433d768e9c017632a0402048b0d189979d7659483db65df6790018e10d306', + 'sha256_gz' => 'ac4e19a92fc2d8a6a3b5310b149330475e602a8fd8f9278976bb1ee1b6b6665e', + 'sha256_xz' => '93f208da9ae059bf6863b0e1d101e6c6475a7b0f0acbf6c084950ab522f514d8', + 'date' => '21 October 2026', + 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/', ], ], ]; diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml index bca98c08dc..799c815837 100644 --- a/public/archive/archive.xml +++ b/public/archive/archive.xml @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email> </author> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-5.xml"/> + <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-6.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-4.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-3.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-2.xml"/> diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d447e93a00 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> + <title>PHP 8.6.0 RC4 available for testing</title> + <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-6</id> + <published>2026-10-21T15:41:41+00:00</published> + <updated>2026-10-21T15:41:41+00:00</updated> + <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-10-21-6" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> + <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-6" rel="via" type="text/html"/> + <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/> + <content type="xhtml"> + <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <p>The PHP team is pleased to announce the third release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC4. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, whose rough outline is specified in the <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86">PHP Wiki</a>.</p> + <p>Source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 RC4 are available on the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/">download page</a>.</p> + <p>Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml">GitHub Issues</a>.</p> + <p>This version also contains the fixes for two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Everyone running earlier builds of PHP 8.6.0 is strongly encouraged to update immediately.</p> + <p><strong>Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.</strong></p> + <p>For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC4/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC4/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a> file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.</p> + <p>The next release will be the last release candidate (RC5), planned for 5 November 2026.</p> + <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/39f97a084c818707537c9316206eb74f">manifest</a> or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/pre-release-builds.php">pre-release builds page</a>.</p> + <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p> + </div> + </content> +</entry>