Author: Daniel Scherzer (DanielEScherzer)
Date: 2025-07-31T17:05:39-07:00
Commit:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/9c9b9acc3a06f7bb0ac6ce91a6a653bd8704d6d1
Raw diff:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/9c9b9acc3a06f7bb0ac6ce91a6a653bd8704d6d1.diff
Announce PHP 8.5.0alpha4
Changed paths:
A archive/entries/2025-07-31-3.xml
M archive/archive.xml
M include/release-qa.php
Diff:
diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index 074da3b3ac..7cacdf6f89 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
<uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
<email>[email protected]</email>
</author>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2025-07-31-3.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-07-31-2.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-07-31-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-07-30-1.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-07-31-3.xml b/archive/entries/2025-07-31-3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cfb67a1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-07-31-3.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 Alpha 4 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-07-31-3</id>
+ <published>2025-08-01T00:02:33+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-08-01T00:02:33+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2025-07-31-3"; rel="alternate"
type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-07-31-3"; 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 testing release of PHP
8.5.0, Alpha 4.
+ This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which
is specified in the
+ <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php85";>PHP Wiki</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 4 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="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml";>on
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-8.5.0alpha4/NEWS";>NEWS</a> file,
or the <a
href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0alpha4/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 Beta 1, planned for 14 Aug 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a
href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/380aa385bf933a1cd1a156715744d360";>manifest</a>
or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/release-candidates.php";>Release
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 d026d0f7ba..f476f6dd45 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
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- 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/',
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];
