Announce PHP 8.5.0alpha4

Author: DanielEScherzer

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+  <title>PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 4 available for testing</title>
+  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-07-31-3</id>
+  <published>2025-08-01T00:02:33+00:00</published>
+  <updated>2025-08-01T00:02:33+00:00</updated>
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+  <content type="xhtml">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <p>
+        The PHP team is pleased to announce the third testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 4.
+        This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the
+        <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php85">PHP Wiki</a>.
+      </p>
+      <p>For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 4 please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~daniels">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-8.5.0alpha4/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0alpha4/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 1, planned for 14 Aug 2025.</p>
+      <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/380aa385bf933a1cd1a156715744d360">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>

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