Author: Volker Dusch (edorian)
Date: 2025-08-14T14:31:18+02:00
Commit:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/c4b36fcebd468c250b10933d2a952f7ab8624e90
Raw diff:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/c4b36fcebd468c250b10933d2a952f7ab8624e90.diff
Announce PHP 8.5.0beta1
Changed paths:
A archive/entries/2025-08-14-1.xml
M archive/archive.xml
M include/release-qa.php
Diff:
diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index e7d7dd530d..3a78d95abe 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/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/2025-08-14-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-08-08-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-07-31-3.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2025-07-31-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2025-08-14-1.xml b/archive/entries/2025-08-14-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fd215032f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2025-08-14-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";>
+ <title>PHP 8.5.0 Beta 1 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-08-14-1</id>
+ <published>2025-08-14T12:28:04+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2025-08-14T12:28:04+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2025-08-14-1"; rel="alternate"
type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-08-14-1"; 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 beta release of PHP
8.5.0, Beta 1. 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 Beta 1 please visit the <a
href="https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/";>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-8.5.0beta1/NEWS";>NEWS</a> file,
or the <a
href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0beta1/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 2, planned for 28 Aug 2025.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a
href="https://gist.github.com/edorian/f2d2f755b7082bd5cc2fa72a7e91f74e";>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 f476f6dd45..cf1a5abe4a 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
'8.5.0' => [
'active' => true,
'release' => [
- 'type' => 'alpha',
- 'number' => 4,
- 'sha256_bz2' =>
'd9cddc414e49815dc18ef6c63701ca0271ca1ea9c812fe1cbc6cc989adf0a026',
- 'sha256_gz' =>
'0d8df870b8de569e2cf3530a8bb8f2b627b1f7f7f9212a76ce3a5b3742903f37',
- 'sha256_xz' =>
'5d33e15942d89956814f1521540210c58174c7f72dd277deda6b99709173e2db',
- 'date' => '31 Jul 2025',
- 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~daniels/',
+ 'type' => 'beta',
+ 'number' => 1,
+ 'sha256_bz2' =>
'3b9712d3dc33c05271c02c23b7edcfd86651660d7aa3b10e912597c8f35ab1a2',
+ 'sha256_gz' =>
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+ 'sha256_xz' =>
'60fe18a9802d18a9c9be05d43b4d130b3aeab27a031a29d0e267b7b4c8dff4a7',
+ 'date' => '14 Aug 2025',
+ 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/',
],
],
];
