Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati)
Date: 2026-07-30T15:26:55+02:00
Commit:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/5f8ad6da088c7bf87bfa25fc3457364367bde67a
Raw diff:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/5f8ad6da088c7bf87bfa25fc3457364367bde67a.diff
Announce PHP 8.6.0alpha3
Changed paths:
A archive/entries/2026-07-30-3.xml
M archive/archive.xml
M include/release-qa.php
Diff:
diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index dfcd9ebaaa..7d0c2fa8c7 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/2026-07-30-3.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-07-30-2.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-07-30-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-07-16-1.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2026-07-30-3.xml b/archive/entries/2026-07-30-3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e1bd1f910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2026-07-30-3.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 Alpha 3 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-07-30-3</id>
+ <published>2026-07-30T13:24:32+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-07-30T13:24:32+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-07-30-3"; rel="alternate"
type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-07-30-3"; 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 second testing release of PHP
8.6.0, Alpha 3. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, the rough outline of
which is specified in the <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86";>PHP
Wiki</a>.</p>
+ <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 3 please visit 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="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml";>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-8.6.0alpha3/NEWS";>NEWS</a> file,
or the <a
href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0alpha3/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 13 August 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a
href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/a78ae3c3bafa22839c619d1c81d286ae";>manifest</a>
or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/pre-release-builds.php";>pre-release
builds</a> page.</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 35e5f8a450..959d00fa11 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
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'release' => [
'type' => 'alpha',
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- 'date' => '16 July 2026',
- 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/',
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+ 'sha256_xz' =>
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+ 'date' => '30 July 2026',
+ 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/',
],
],
];
