apache / apache/netbeans

Support for PHP 8.5

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Description

### Description

Support for the latest version of Php 8.5

### Use case/motivation

With the recent release of PHP 8.5 https://www.php.net/releases/8.5/en.php I think we can start preparing the support code for the new version.

I want to help with the development, but there are some parts for which I don't know the process.

- Ex: It looks like the parser compiler uses a library `parser.cutter` for which is not clear what is the source code.

I, also, know we would need to see the availability of junichi11 for this feature development.

### Related issues

Possible evolution conflicts as there are some pull requests for PHP 8.4 which are in draft mode / work in progress.

https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/8227

### Are you willing to submit a pull request?

Yes

### Troubleshooting

it seems that by default the ant task for java cup loads the libraries from the installed java package Linux (usr/share/java).
So it will use CUP v0.11b instead of the referenced classpath of CUP v0.11a.
A solution is to move the jar : java-cup-0.11b.jar to temporary location.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the PHP 8.4 work in pull request #8227, then investigate where the parser compiler uses parser.cutter and how the Ant java-cup classpath is resolved. Done means NetBeans has support for PHP 8.5 without conflicting with the in-progress PHP 8.4 changes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, php
Domain
compilers, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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