Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati)
Date: 2026-09-24T10:27:09+02:00
Commit: Announce PHP 8.6.0 RC2 · php/web-php@cbe2e97 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.6.0 RC2 available for testing
Announce PHP 8.6.0 RC2
Changed paths:
A public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.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 e1839f6a4e..4a6e111efd 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
'8.6.0' => [
'active' => true,
'release' => [
- 'type' => 'beta',
- 'number' => 3,
- 'sha256_bz2' => 'e1517694d025b947430bc31afe41e6e134f68782d944542b962cf0b5132b1936',
- 'sha256_gz' => '2499bb217d77566319c0e971a36041484b8cb7181ef5adf282a751e132015e8c',
- 'sha256_xz' => 'e8daf9546c4d4244dad961b5412734db57823c2e967df3fcfbb819a62d520ea6',
- 'date' => '10 September 2026',
- 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~svpernova09‘,
+ 'type' => 'RC',
+ 'number' => 2,
+ 'sha256_bz2' => '30110daabfb393576845cc5ca93a3a07d2f66e8fdaa5a02a3478b81c2b9edf88',
+ 'sha256_gz' => '05377bdce249ca54e5c25af53f11662170440fdd8840b23b6d4886a8bccf0f30',
+ 'sha256_xz' => 'ef3fba21c311e9bbace0e2102702446d322c275b8a10e6b33b28f2561299671c',
+ 'date' => '24 September 2026',
+ 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~mbeccati’,
],
],
];
diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml
index 388020f689..fd75ead041 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/2026-09-24-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-11-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-10-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-09-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc88d5b28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.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 RC2 available for testing</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2026;
+ <published>2026-09-24T08:21:25+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-09-24T08:21:25+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="PHP; rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="PHP: News Archive - 2026; 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 first release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC2. It is not a typo: a mistake was made while packaging RC1, so RC2 was released instead. For a full explanation, please see this <a href="https://scherzer.dev/Blog/20260923-no-php86-rc-1">blog post</a>. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, whose rough outline is specified in the <a href="PHP: todo:php86 Wiki</a>.</p>
+ <p>Source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 RC2 are available on the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/">download page</a>.</p>
+ <p>Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the <a href="Sign in to GitHub · 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-8.6.0alpha1/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0alpha1/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 8 October 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/cfba591777a21f54badd12bf60bcecc9">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>