[PHP-WEBMASTER] [web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.5.0RC5

Author: Daniel Scherzer (DanielEScherzer)
Date: 2025-11-13T14:40:50-08:00

Commit: Announce PHP 8.5.0RC5 · php/web-php@cf80cca · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.5.0 RC 5 available for testing

Announce PHP 8.5.0RC5

Changed paths:
  A archive/entries/2025-11-13-1.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 fc557c28d9..0617299b0f 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/2025-11-13-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-11-06-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-10-31-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2025-10-23-3.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-11-13-1.xml b/archive/entries/2025-11-13-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daa3685863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-11-13-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom&quot;&gt;
+ <title>PHP 8.5.0 RC 5 available for testing</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2025;
+ <published>2025-11-13T22:39:02+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-11-13T22:39:02+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&quot;&gt;
+ <p>
+ The PHP team is pleased to announce the fifth release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 5.
+ 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 RC5, please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~daniels&quot;&gt;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 a 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-8.5.0RC5/NEWS&quot;&gt;NEWS&lt;/a&gt; file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0RC5/UPGRADING&quot;&gt;UPGRADING&lt;/a&gt; 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 GA release of PHP 8.5.0, planned for 20 Nov 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/bc2eb22adfab2826894ea31853d57ce0&quot;&gt;manifest&lt;/a&gt; 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 8b28167562..dc5d5b31e4 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' => '06 Nov 2025',
- 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~edorian‘,
+ 'number' => 5,
+ 'sha256_bz2' => '0d5f8b55a0f5350c55526e34372037348e0bc959d14d7f8e25d7b3237be2fc63',
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+ 'sha256_xz' => '4964cdbaf2447afba100c4199ec9c59c41ca4cc23db8d1e38ac7e57aab028954',
+ 'date' => '13 Nov 2025',
+ 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~daniels’,
         ],
     ],
];