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PHP 8.5 Breaks Upgrading

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Description

According to this report https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/pull/2580#issuecomment-5084361376 upgrading to 34.0.1 and above fails.
I get this error :

2026-08-15T10:06:35.880063355Z Warning: Failed loading Zend extension 'opcache' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
2026-08-15T10:06:35.880070705Z 34.0.2.1) is higher than the docker image version (
2026-08-15T10:06:35.880075602Z Warning: Failed loading Zend extension 'opcache' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20250925/opcache.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
2026-08-15T10:06:35.880081913Z 34.0.3.2) and downgrading is not supported. Are you sure you have pulled the newest image version?

As mentioned here I tested the 34.0.3 version but this issue still persists
when we downgrade the base image from php 8.5 to 8.4 the problem goes away

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Research direction

Start with the linked report and pull request, then inspect the Docker image's PHP base-image and extension configuration while comparing PHP 8.4 with 8.5. Reproduce the upgrade from 34.0.1 or later; done means the image upgrades successfully without the opcache loading warning or an incorrect version check.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
docker, php
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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