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The PHP development team has released the third release candidate for PHP 8.6.0. Developers are encouraged to test the build and report issues, though it is strictly for testing purposes and not for production environments.
Why it matters
PHP remains a foundational language for a significant portion of the web; updates are critical for security and performance improvements.
The PHP team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of PHP 8.6.0, RC3. This continues the PHP 8.6 release cycle, whose rough outline is specified in the PHP Wiki .
Source downloads of PHP 8.6.0 RC3 are available on the download page .
Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the GitHub Issues .
Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.
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