Author: Joe Ferguson (svpernova09)
Date: 2026-11-05T15:14:47-06:00
Commit: Announce PHP 8.6.0RC5 · php/web-php@f97d203 · GitHub
Raw diff: PHP 8.6.0 RC5 available for testing
Announce PHP 8.6.0RC5
Changed paths:
A public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.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 78f9797aaa..64350b837c 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
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'release' => [
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- 'date' => '21 October 2026',
- 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~mbeccati‘,
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+ 'date' => '05 November 2026',
+ 'baseurl' => 'Index of /~svpernova09’,
],
],
];
diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml
index 77145dfdae..95be260a24 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/2026-11-05-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-26-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-23-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-10-21-5.xml"/>
diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5b001aafa
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+++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-11-05-1.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 RC5 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-11-05-1</id>
+ <published>2026-11-05T21:12:54+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-11-05T21:12:54+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 fourth release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC5. 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 RC5 are available on the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/">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-8.6.0RC5/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC5/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 first GA release, PHP 8.6.0, planned for 19 November 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/svpernova09/24ecf5df03c9831844a810b37b7d2c63">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>