Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati)
Date: 2026-09-24T10:27:09+02:00
Commit:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/cbe2e9761e2266b83697919fb4ca3c2cd17c8007
Raw diff:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/cbe2e9761e2266b83697919fb4ca3c2cd17c8007.diff
Announce PHP 8.6.0 RC2
Changed paths:
A public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.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 e1839f6a4e..4a6e111efd 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
'8.6.0' => [
'active' => true,
'release' => [
- 'type' => 'beta',
- 'number' => 3,
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- 'sha256_gz' =>
'2499bb217d77566319c0e971a36041484b8cb7181ef5adf282a751e132015e8c',
- 'sha256_xz' =>
'e8daf9546c4d4244dad961b5412734db57823c2e967df3fcfbb819a62d520ea6',
- 'date' => '10 September 2026',
- 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/',
+ 'type' => 'RC',
+ 'number' => 2,
+ 'sha256_bz2' =>
'30110daabfb393576845cc5ca93a3a07d2f66e8fdaa5a02a3478b81c2b9edf88',
+ 'sha256_gz' =>
'05377bdce249ca54e5c25af53f11662170440fdd8840b23b6d4886a8bccf0f30',
+ 'sha256_xz' =>
'ef3fba21c311e9bbace0e2102702446d322c275b8a10e6b33b28f2561299671c',
+ 'date' => '24 September 2026',
+ 'baseurl' => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/',
],
],
];
diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml
index 388020f689..fd75ead041 100644
--- a/public/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/public/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
<uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
<email>[email protected]</email>
</author>
+ <xi:include href="entries/2026-09-24-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-11-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-10-1.xml"/>
<xi:include href="entries/2026-09-09-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.xml
b/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc88d5b28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-09-24-1.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 RC2 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-09-24-1</id>
+ <published>2026-09-24T08:21:25+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-09-24T08:21:25+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-09-24-1"; rel="alternate"
type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-09-24-1"; 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 release candidate of PHP
8.6.0, RC2. It is not a typo: a mistake was made while packaging RC1, so RC2
was released instead. For a full explanation, please see this <a
href="https://scherzer.dev/Blog/20260923-no-php86-rc-1";>blog post</a>. This
continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, whose rough outline is specified in the <a
href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86";>PHP Wiki</a>.</p>
+ <p>Source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 RC2 are available on 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-8.6.0alpha1/NEWS";>NEWS</a> file,
or the <a
href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0alpha1/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 RC3, planned for 8 October 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a
href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/cfba591777a21f54badd12bf60bcecc9";>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>
