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Author: Volker Dusch (edorian)
Date: 2025-10-09T17:56:16+02:00
Commit: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/63f167be2b361132c9931efe4377e87eeef2a83e
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/63f167be2b361132c9931efe4377e87eeef2a83e.diff
Announce PHP 8.5.0 RC2
Changed paths:
A archive/entries/2025-10-09-2.xml
M archive/archive.xml
M include/release-qa.php
Diff:
diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index a1ddcf3fe7..17d632a88d 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
<uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
<email>[email protected]</email>
</author>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2025-10-09-2.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-10-09-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-10-08-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-10-03-1.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-10-09-2.xml b/archive/entries/2025-10-09-2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8a51db165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-10-09-2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+ <title>PHP 8.5.0 RC 2 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-10-09-2</id>
+ <published>2025-10-09T15:54:19+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-10-09T15:54:19+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2025-10-09-2"
rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-10-09-2"
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 second release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 2.
+ This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the
+ <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php85">PHP
Wiki</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC2, please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~edorian">download
page</a>.</p>
+ <p>Please carefully test this version and report any issues found <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml">on
GitHub</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-8.5.0RC2/NEWS">NEWS</a>
file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0RC2/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 RC3, planned for 23 Oct 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/edorian/ab490f2f9c3e9ffc9ab0f0ed17a04d50">manifest</a>
or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/release-candidates.php">Release
Candidates page</a>.</p>
+ <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
+ </div>
+ </content>
+</entry>
diff --git a/include/release-qa.php b/include/release-qa.php
index 4460339083..6757cc1203 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
'active' => true,
'release' => [
'type' => 'RC',
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- 'date' => '25 Sep 2025',
- 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~daniels/',+ 'number' => 2,
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+ 'date' => '09 Oct 2025',
+ 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/', ],
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