[web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.6.0RC5

From: Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:15:29 +0000
Subject: [web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.6.0RC5
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Author: Joe Ferguson (svpernova09) Date: 2026-11-05T15:14:47-06:00 Commit: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/f97d203145129421e252d3a69d0f68c9a24cf33b Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/f97d203145129421e252d3a69d0f68c9a24cf33b.diff Announce PHP 8.6.0RC5 Changed paths: A public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.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 78f9797aaa..64350b837c 100644 --- a/include/release-qa.php +++ b/include/release-qa.php @@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ 'active' => true, 'release' => [ 'type' => 'RC', - 'number' => 4, - 'sha256_bz2' => '60d433d768e9c017632a0402048b0d189979d7659483db65df6790018e10d306', - 'sha256_gz' => 'ac4e19a92fc2d8a6a3b5310b149330475e602a8fd8f9278976bb1ee1b6b6665e', - 'sha256_xz' => '93f208da9ae059bf6863b0e1d101e6c6475a7b0f0acbf6c084950ab522f514d8', - 'date' => '21 October 2026', - 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/', + 'number' => 5, + 'sha256_bz2' => '8d6080150fd290d6ea9725928040a2dafe564d43d08badbca130d716947264bc', + 'sha256_gz' => '0056e79b4622ed182882fc4cdb22158655703e9c90dccf7509e4500c8e924122', + 'sha256_xz' => 'abd7e3a652cfec56a2904abef7e8f37206fa07a8c1505a5a8a9bfdd25a1f1ba9', + 'date' => '05 November 2026', + 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/', ], ], ]; diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml index 77145dfdae..95be260a24 100644 --- a/public/archive/archive.xml +++ b/public/archive/archive.xml @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ <uri>http://php.net/contact</uri> <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email> </author> + <xi:include href="entries/2026-11-05-1.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-26-1.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-23-1.xml"/> <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-5.xml"/> diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e5b001aafa --- /dev/null +++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> + <title>PHP 8.6.0 RC5 available for testing</title> + <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-11-05-1</id> + <published>2026-11-05T21:12:54+00:00</published> + <updated>2026-11-05T21:12:54+00:00</updated> + <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-11-05-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> + <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-11-05-1" 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 fourth release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC5. 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 RC5 are available on the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/">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><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-8.6.0RC5/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC5/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 first GA release, PHP 8.6.0, planned for 19 November 2026.</p> + <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/svpernova09/24ecf5df03c9831844a810b37b7d2c63">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>

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