PHP Version 8.6

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According to PHP roadmap version 8.6.0 GA is planed for end of year

Plan is

• provides SCL only for alpha/beta
• provides both SCL and base packages (modules) for RC

Start to test, fix, and build extensions, especially after RC1 (final API)

Current state

• alpha1: php86-php-8.6.0~alpha1-1
• alpha2: php86-php-8.6.0~alpha2-2
• alpha3: php86-php-8.6.0~alpha3-1
• beta1: php86-php-8.6.0~beta1-1
• beta2: php86-php-8.6.0~beta2-1
• beta3: php86-php-8.6.0~beta3-1
• RC2: php86-php-8.6.0rc2-1 and php-8.6.0RC2-1
• RC3:
• RC4:
• RC5:
• GA

Extensions

• checked are available as RPM
• not checked with version have been tested but no RPM built
• others have not been tested yet:

Extensions in Fedora/ EPEL

• amqp 2.2.0 using PR #638
• apcu 5.1.28 with upstream patches
• apfd 1.0.3
• ast 1.3.3 with upstream patches and PR #260
• dio 0.3.0
• ds 2.0.0 using PR #233
• event 3.1.6 (includes patch sent upstream by email)
• gearman 2.2.1 with PR #68
• geoip 1.4.0
• geos 1.0.0 with upstream patches and PR #5
• http 4.3.1 using PR #156
• igbinary 3.2.17RC1 with PR #408 and PR #419 and PR #420
• imagick 3.8.1 with PR #795
• inotify 3.0.1
• ip2location 8.3.0
• json_post 1.1.0 using PR #6
• krb5 1.2.4 using PR #16
• lzf 1.7.0 with upstream patches
• mailparse 3.2.0
• maxminddb 1.14.0 was fixed by PR #252
• mcrypt 1.0.9 using PR #27
• memcached 3.4.0 using PR #581
• mongodb 2.3.3
• msgpack 3.0.1 with PR #185
• oauth 2.0.13
• pcov 1.0.12 using PR #134
• phpiredis 1.0.1 using PR #69
• pq 2.2.3 using PR #57
• pspell 1.0.1 using PR #4
• raphf 2.0.2 using PR #13
• redis 6.3.0 with upstream patches
• rpminfo 1.2.1 with upstream patches
• rrd 2.0.4 using PR #18
• selinux 0.6.1
• smbclient 1.1.2 using PR #112
• ssdeep 1.1.0
• ssh 1.5.0 using PR #108
• uuid 1.3.0
• var_representation 0.1.5
• xattr 1.4.1 using upstream patches
• xdebug 3.6.0alpha1
• xhprof 2.3.10
• xmldiff 1.1.6 using PR #9
• xmlrpc 1.0.0rc2 using PR #7
• xpass 1.2.1
• yac 2.3.2 was fixed by PR #131
• yaml 2.3.0 using upstream patches and PR #109
• zmq 1.1.3 using PR #240
• zstd 0.18.0 using PR #109

Other extensions

• aspect 0.1.1
• base58 1.0.2
• bitset 3.2.0
• brotli 0.21.0
• bsdiff 0.2.1
• bzip3 0.1.2
• env 0.2.1 with previous patch
• ev 1.2.4
• excimer 1.2.7 using PR #11
• fastchart 1.7.0
• fastjson 0.7.0
• geospatial 0.3.5
• hdr_histogram 0.5.0 using upstream patch
• ip2proxy 3.1.0
• judy 2.4.1 was fixed by PR #65
• jsonpath 2.1.1
• libdeflate 0.3.1
• luasandbox 4.1.4 using PR #3
• lz4 0.7.0
• md4c 1.1
• memprof 3.1.0
• mustache 0.10.1 wad fixed by PR #70
• oci8 3.4.1
• opentelemetry 1.4.0
• pam 2.2.5 using PR #20
• phpy 1.0.11 using PR #96
• pinba 1.8.2 was fixed by PR #72
• pbo_oci 1.2.0 using PR #41
• protobuf 5.36.1 using PR #29722
• ps 1.4.4 using PR #11
• rnp 0.3.0 using PR #16
• scrypt 2.0.2 was fixed by PR #79
• snappy 0.2.3
• statgrab 2.2.2
• taint 3.0.0 using PR #78
• codemasher/xz 1.2.2, was fixed by PR #16, using PR #17
• mateuszanella/xz 2.1.0 using PR #22
• yaconf 1.1.3
• yar 2.4.0 using PR #187 and PR #188 and PR #188

Extensions not yet supported

• csv
• dbus
• decimal
• ev
• fann: segfault in test suite
• leveldb
• memcache
• pdo_sqlsrv
• phalcon
• spx
• sqlsrv
• yaf
• zephir_parser

Additional SAPIs:

Feedback is welcome; feel free to ask for the extensions you need for your tests.