[PHP-WEBMASTER] [web-php] master: Announce PHP 8.6.0beta1

Author: Joe Ferguson (svpernova09)
Date: 2026-08-13T09:50:06-05:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/7f9cbec19623eff545394f95b37654d98d7c0a2c
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/7f9cbec19623eff545394f95b37654d98d7c0a2c.diff

Announce PHP 8.6.0beta1

Changed paths:
  A  public/archive/entries/2026-08-13-1.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 59f16e0f08..6967193ac3 100644
--- a/include/release-qa.php
+++ b/include/release-qa.php
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
     '8.6.0' => [
         'active'  => true,
         'release' => [
-            'type'       => 'alpha',
-            'number'     => 3,
-            'sha256_bz2' => '34bf91f3c6f880ed196ff6855f850ec466a75540f78320540d367b349e49bf16',
-            'sha256_gz'  => 'e63ffdbae7ee90b43ce11b2ec16f62c6b623eec39c726060dba920af6088527b',
-            'sha256_xz'  => '5eec9db06195860097005309eb6176309ae738df28f56eb23c87be5887d86c78',
-            'date'       => '30 July 2026',
-            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~mbeccati/',
+            'type'       => 'beta',
+            'number'     => 1,
+            'sha256_bz2' => '7061a8c930e75e52c71264e5fac43025cec7b40cbd31d941a744218916f53cfd',
+            'sha256_gz'  => 'de760e365ed01a4e80ef40a25e2ce809bf054383cbce1bee3d94146f30eee477',
+            'sha256_xz'  => 'e44571d75b368b36a2d6db6878705e5512af5d2a78e31463c49796a94018d282',
+            'date'       => '13 August 2026',
+            'baseurl'    => 'https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/',
         ],
     ],
 ];
diff --git a/public/archive/archive.xml b/public/archive/archive.xml
index 68b70ac5b9..f526a3709f 100644
--- a/public/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/public/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     <uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
     <email>[email protected]</email>
   </author>
+  <xi:include href="entries/2026-08-13-1.xml"/>
+  <xi:include href="entries/2026-08-13-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-07-30-5.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-07-30-4.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2026-07-30-3.xml"/>
diff --git a/public/archive/entries/2026-08-13-1.xml b/public/archive/entries/2026-08-13-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45c13f104b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/archive/entries/2026-08-13-1.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 Beta 1 is available for testing</title>
+  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-08-13-1</id>
+  <published>2026-08-13T14:33:26+00:00</published>
+  <updated>2026-08-13T14:33:26+00:00</updated>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/index.php#2026-08-13-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+  <link href="https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-08-13-1" 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 beta release of PHP 8.6.0, Beta 1. This continues 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 Beta 1 please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~svpernova09/">download page</a>.</p>
+      <p>Please carefully test this version and report any issues found <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml">on GitHub</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-8.6.0beta1/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.6.0beta1/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 Beta 2, planned for 27 Aug 2026.</p>
+      <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/svpernova09/c79e500ff918fa7eccd31852bb59746b">manifest</a> or on the <a href="https://www.php.net/release-candidates.php">Release Candidates page</a>.</p>
+      <p>Thank you for helping us make PHP better.</p>
+    </div>
+  </content>
+</entry>