[php-src] php-8.5.9RC1: Update versions for PHP 8.5.9RC1

Author: Volker Dusch (edorian)
Date: 2026-07-15T02:11:05+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/54dd2dbdffa63e028d1e936a33bf615455f359d8
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/54dd2dbdffa63e028d1e936a33bf615455f359d8.diff

Update versions for PHP 8.5.9RC1

Changed paths:
  M  NEWS
  M  Zend/zend.h
  M  configure.ac
  M  main/php_version.h


Diff:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e138fcc2bb1..1fcde14a4579 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.5.9
+16 Jul 2026, PHP 8.5.9RC1
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug GH-22290 (AST pretty printing does not correctly handle strings
diff --git a/Zend/zend.h b/Zend/zend.h
index 40b3d7825a72..cac291b6e1bc 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.h
+++ b/Zend/zend.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef ZEND_H
 #define ZEND_H
 
-#define ZEND_VERSION "4.5.9-dev"
+#define ZEND_VERSION "4.5.9RC1"
 
 #define ZEND_ENGINE_3
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ac956d908de..52ee2b6e3ea8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.5.9-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.5.9RC1],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 2b4f5a437201..a5d9a6572b2c 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 9
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.5.9-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC1"
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.5.9RC1"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80509