Author: Joe Ferguson (svpernova09)
Date: 2026-10-08T10:16:10-05:00
Commit:
https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/78de29cc82c86797c2b802dd14e42661062b8a7a
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Announce PHP 8.6.0RC3 news entry
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";>
+ <title>PHP 8.6.0 RC3 available for testing</title>
+ <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-08-1</id>
+ <published>2026-10-08T15:12:35+00:00</published>
+ <updated>2026-10-08T15:12:35+00:00</updated>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-10-08-1"; rel="alternate"
type="text/html"/>
+ <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-08-1"; rel="via"
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+ <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, RC3. 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 RC3 are available on the <a
href="https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/";>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-8.6.0RC3/NEWS";>NEWS</a> file, or
the <a
href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0RC3/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 RC4, planned for 22 October 2026.</p>
+ <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a
href="https://gist.github.com/svpernova09/f10879c681a9b7a74116294f3c48c01e";>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>
