Author: Volker Dusch (edorian)
Date: 2025-07-17T13:53:36+02:00
Commit: Announce PHP 8.5.0alpha2 · php/web-php@3f88dd9 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 2 available for testing
Announce PHP 8.5.0alpha2
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A archive/entries/2025-07-17-1.xml
M archive/archive.xml
M include/release-qa.php
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diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index 519f890703..54c22a8410 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
<uri>PHP: Manual Quick Reference;
<email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email>
</author>
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diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-07-17-1.xml b/archive/entries/2025-07-17-1.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <title>PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 2 available for testing</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2025;
+ <published>2025-07-17T11:45:54+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-07-17T11:45:54+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor; rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="PHP: News Archive - 2025; 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 testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 2. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the <a href="PHP: todo:php85 Wiki</a>.</p>
+ <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 2 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="Sign in to GitHub · GitHub 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-8.5.0alpha2/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0alpha2/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 Alpha 3, planned for 31 Jul 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/edorian/be165326301ab2b6b0bf18bb88123fa0">manifest</a> or on the <a href="PHP: Manual Quick Reference 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 0f217161a1..c81bdb232e 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
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