[Request]: Add php8.5 and php8.5-nts
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100
Research direction
Start by examining the existing PHP package manifests in this bucket and the Windows release archives linked in the issue. Add entries for php8.5 and php8.5-nts using the appropriate downloads, then verify that both package names and their install metadata are accepted by the bucket's checks.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
Prerequisites
- I have searched all issues/PRs to ensure it has not already been reported or fixed.
Criteria
- Reasonably well-known and widely used (e.g. if it's a GitHub project, it should have at least 100 stars and/or 50 forks)
- English interface (or at least English documentation)
- Latest stable version
- Full version (i.e. not a trial version)
- Fairly standard install (e.g. uses a version-specific download URL, no elaborate pre/post install scripts)
Name
php8.5, php8.5-nts
Description
PHP 8.5 for Windows. Widely used open-source scripting language for web development
Homepage
https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/
Download Link(s)
https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/archives/
Some Indication of Popularity/Repute
PHP 8.5 was released on November 20, 2025, and the current version is 8.5.8.
I would like to include this package in this bucket.
- Dominant language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 57
- Forks
- 18
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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