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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist
From: ilia@prohost.org (Ilia Alshanetsky)

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> 1. Remove register_globals completely

+1

> 2. Remove magic_quotes_*

+1

> 3. Add input filter extension which will include a mechanism for
>    application developers to very easily turn it off which would swap
>    the raw GPC arrays back in case the site had it turned on by default.

+1 As long as swapping for raw takes no more then a function call per
input type, ala restore_input(PHP_GET).

> 4. Include an opcode cache by default.  A lot of work has gone into
>    pecl/apc recently, but I am not hung up on which one goes in.

+1 As long as it does not prevent alternate solutions from being used.

> 5. Remove safe_mode and focus on open_basedir

+1

> 6. Remove some stuff that has been marked deprecated since PHP 3/4

Let's do this on a case by case basis, perhaps make a list of all
deprecated items and vote on them individually.

> 8. Remove various function aliases

That closely relates to 6, so same comments apply.

Ilia