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1. PHP Conference Kagawa 2025

   The first PHP Conference Kagawa held last year was a great success.

   This year, the event will once again take place in the same traditional Japanese venue, designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

   Join us in Kagawa, one of Japan’s popular travel destinations, and connect with fellow PHP developers from across the country!

   Basic facts
   

   • Date: November 24, 2025 (JST)
   • Location: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

   Further information will be available on the event page and X(Twitter).
   Buy tickets: https://fortee.jp/phpconkagawa-2025/ticket-shop/index

2. PHP Conference Hiroshima 2025

   That technical problem you've been struggling with alone? Turns out the person next to you has been wrestling with the same thing. Why not come to Hiroshima and experience that moment of discovery and sence of relief for yourself?

   We hope this conference will be not only a place to gain knowledge, but also a place to meet like-minded peers. Learn from others' experience, inspire each other, and share your own insights.

   As this cycle of learning continues, connections are made, and the PHP community of tomorrow grows even stronger. Let's make that day together.

   Basic info

   • 📅 10/11 2025
   • 📍 Yale Yale A-kan 6th floor, Hiroshima, Japan

   Links

   • HP: https://phpcon-hiroshima.jp
   • X: https://x.com/phpcon_hrsm
   • Tickets: https://fortee.jp/phpcon-hiroshima-2025/ticket-shop/index
   • TimeTable: https://fortee.jp/phpcon-hiroshima-2025/timetable
3. PHP Conference Fukuoka 2025

   We are pleased to announce the PHP Conference Fukuoka 2025.

   PHP Conference Fukuoka celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and this edition will be the final one.
   Since its first edition in 2015, the conference has aimed to boost the IT industry in the Kyushu region and provide a place where PHPers from Kyushu and all over Japan can connect and exchange ideas.
   We hope this last gathering will once again inspire participants, spark new ideas, and create lasting connections. (The conference will be conducted in Japanese)

   Basic facts
   

   • Date: November 8, 2025 (JST)
   • Location: Fukuoka, Japan

   For more information, please visit the event page: PHP Conference Fukuoka 2025.

   Follow us on X.

4. PHP 8.5.0 RC 1 available for testing

   The PHP team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of PHP 8.5.0, RC 1. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the PHP Wiki.

   For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 RC1, please visit the download page.

   Please carefully test this version and report any issues found on GitHub.

   Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version.

   For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the NEWS file, or the UPGRADING file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.

   The next release will be RC2, planned for 9 Oct 2025.

   The signatures for the release can be found in the manifest or on the Release Candidates page.

   Thank you for helping us make PHP better.

5. PHP 8.3.26 Released!

   The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.26. This is a bug fix release.

   All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

   For source downloads of PHP 8.3.26 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.