Announce PHP 8.5.0beta2

Author: DanielEScherzer

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archive/entries/2025-08-28-3.xml

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+  <title>PHP 8.5.0 Beta 2 available for testing</title>
+  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-08-28-3</id>
+  <published>2025-08-28T17:58:45+00:00</published>
+  <updated>2025-08-28T17:58:45+00:00</updated>
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+  <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 second beta release of PHP 8.5.0, Beta 2.
+       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 Beta 2 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-8.5.0beta2/NEWS">NEWS</a> file, or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.5.0beta2/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 3, planned for 11 Sep 2025.</p>
+     <p>The signatures for the release can be found in the <a href="https://gist.github.com/DanielEScherzer/827e858d209daebffe2aaed897a05c6a">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>

include/release-qa.php

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