PHP 8.5.0RC5 has just been released and may be downloaded from
https://downloads.php.net/~daniels/
Or use the git tag: php-8.5.0RC5
Windows binaries will be available soon at: https://windows.php.net/qa/
Please test it carefully, and report any bugs at
https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml
on GitHub.
The GA release of PHP 8.5.0 should be expected in 1 week, on 20 Nov 2025.
Hash values and PGP signatures can be found below or at
https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/bc2eb22adfab2826894ea31853d57ce0
If you're curious as to why we needed to have another release candidate, I
wrote up an explanation on my blog:
https://scherzer.dev/Blog/20251113-release-candidate-5
Thank you, and happy testing!
Regards,
Daniel Scherzer, Volker Dusch, and Pierrick Charron
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