PHP 8.5.1RC1 has just been released and may be downloaded from https://downloads.php.net/~edorian/
Or use the git tag: php-8.5.1RC1 Windows binaries are available at: https://www.php.net/pre-release-builds.php#windows Please test it carefully and report any bugs at https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml on GitHub. 8.5.1 should be expected in 2 weeks, on 18 Dec 2025. In addition, there will be 8.5.1RC2, which can be expected next Thursday, 11 Dec 2025. Hash values and PGP signatures can be found below or at https://gist.github.com/edorian/3221fb93d42b40cb1ba434239edf0f05 Thank you, and happy testing! Regards, Volker Dusch, Daniel Scherzer, and Pierrick Charron php-8.5.1RC1.tar.bz2 SHA256 hash: 68dc259fa0e2accfef827acb304eef137c65441382ea56bbf4e58c438c4fe155 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaS7PRQAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1DylAQDk4bzsSoyhCAi3awH1hd967rmIsz4tcf38jbk0RH0SlAEA/qzgir1q6wta +6B7p67HDaOsY/trE2/3OCic/U95BQI= =c8VD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-8.5.1RC1.tar.gz SHA256 hash: b328792a6ebe2b5bfb9e1d616cea40ab9c6d8b13e141fda2bf511ca6d49a6ce1 PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaS7PSgAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1OrJAQDjebMDH/JClyld/+FcoV83HbHJcSWF6d3Spgh88kHPHgEAvLUa1dCFoGIu G78i5herTm+t3J1wHgHnrpD2hPhjOAk= =3Xig -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- php-8.5.1RC1.tar.xz SHA256 hash: 67ea20de4c3038df65ac4d1521bd05a8752aeb79c6e65340410e1f71a599e56e PGP signature: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRJ2a9rxyqA1mkXGciqI/W+nHCX1AUCaS7PSgAKCRCqI/W+nHCX 1L/KAP9jShh16ws1GTj73dO1naCaryHn3Ri/BnXtnAzKJM3CPAEA5BtBIM8GkTAB myNpaQgLFi9s/h8vd/rRFIBwLoI1cww= =PW5r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
