[php-src] php-8.6.0beta1: Update versions for PHP 8.6.0beta1

Author: Joe Ferguson (svpernova09)
Date: 2026-08-11T17:35:34Z

Commit: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/8d8126a4971c2908da43c0c28765a0dfef0ee233
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/8d8126a4971c2908da43c0c28765a0dfef0ee233.diff

Update versions for PHP 8.6.0beta1

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


Diff:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1ed1362f3557..7684d06a82e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.6.0beta1
+13 Aug 2026, PHP 8.6.0beta1
 
 - Core:
   . Deprecated "namespace" as a class constant name. (NickSdot)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3229e0dac040..57436a12def0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.6.0-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.6.0beta1],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([build])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index fa9484cbe150..188bbe6668b4 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 6
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.6.0-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "beta1"
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.6.0beta1"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80600