Author: Daniel Scherzer (DanielEScherzer)
Date: 2025-10-23T12:00:42-05:00
Commit: Announce PHP 8.5.0RC3 · php/web-php@2d42d39 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.5.0 RC 3 available for testing
Announce PHP 8.5.0RC3
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A archive/entries/2025-10-23-1.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 17d632a88d..d51e7ace1d 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>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2025-10-23-1.xml"/>
<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"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-10-23-1.xml b/archive/entries/2025-10-23-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9628caf655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-10-23-1.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 3 available for testing</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2025;
+ <published>2025-10-23T16:59:13+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-10-23T16:59:13+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="PHP; 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 third release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 3.
+ 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 RC3, please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~daniels">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-8.5.0RC3/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0RC3/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 RC4, planned for 6 Nov 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/ec766d22a6c33d3eeed2f8783df85278">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 c92e9a9d97..5fcc80f456 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' => '09 Oct 2025',
- 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~edorian‘,
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+ 'date' => '23 Oct 2025',
+ 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~daniels’,
],
],
];