[PHP-WEBMASTER] [web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.6.0alpha1

Author: Matteo Beccati (mbeccati)
Date: 2026-07-02T19:09:52+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/58acb28fa3878b3ae62f495733856c30f953c4c9
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/58acb28fa3878b3ae62f495733856c30f953c4c9.diff

Announce PHP 8.6.0alpha1

Changed paths:
  A  archive/entries/2026-07-02-3.xml
  M  archive/archive.xml
  M  include/release-qa.php


Diff:

diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index f37b33e8be..577a2a2f2b 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/2026-07-02-3.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-07-02-2.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-07-02-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-06-04-2.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2026-07-02-3.xml b/archive/entries/2026-07-02-3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17c4c3d2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2026-07-02-3.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 1 available for testing</title>
+  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-07-02-3</id>
+  <published>2026-07-02T17:00:52+00:00</published>
+  <updated>2026-07-02T17:00:52+00:00</updated>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-07-02-3" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-07-02-3" 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 first testing release of PHP 8.6.0, Alpha 1. This starts 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 1 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-8.6.0alpha1/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 Alpha 2, planned for 16 July 2026.</p>
+     <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/mbeccati/cd5a6c66558e0204a140381029559b16">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 272042d37e..a071ce8574 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@
             'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~daniels/',
         ],
     ],
+
+    '8.6.0' => [
+        'active'  => true,
+        'release' => [
+            'type'       => 'alpha',
+            'number'     => 1,
+            'sha256_bz2' => 'c4f1733b93f3c0d7fcfe381bdafc28daf283bac42441a2809645897b1f557a1a',
+            'sha256_gz'  => '253d9ff1f03bd17ddf0aaed423b59a37d8f9567858df44d30d3c42c14301a7ab',
+            'sha256_xz'  => '2d4cba8e5511b026b0c786c69b3272fe53dc8643f086cd10fc0e902c20a1757c',
+            'date'       => '2 July 2026',
+            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/',
+        ],
+    ],
 ];
 
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