Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati)
Date: 2026-10-21T17:42:59+02:00
Commit: Announce PHP 8.6.0RC4 · php/web-php@9858363 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.6.0 RC4 available for testing
Announce PHP 8.6.0RC4
Changed paths:
A public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.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 9ec05b1dc2..47e38b09fc 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
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diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml
index bca98c08dc..799c815837 100644
--- a/public/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/public/archive/archive.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
<email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email>
</author>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-5.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-6.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-4.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-3.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-10-21-6.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d447e93a00
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+ <title>PHP 8.6.0 RC4 available for testing</title>
+ <id>PHP: News Archive - 2026;
+ <published>2026-10-21T15:41:41+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-10-21T15:41:41+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 third release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC4. 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 RC4 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>This version also contains the fixes for two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Everyone running earlier builds of PHP 8.6.0 is strongly encouraged to update immediately.</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-8.6.0RC4/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC4/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 the last release candidate (RC5), planned for 5 November 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/39f97a084c818707537c9316206eb74f">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>