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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:15:10 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Removal of deprecated features
From: pierrick@webstart.fr (Pierrick Charron)

I've added the patch to remove magic quotes from trunk on the RFC.
Is there any comments/objection against this patch ?

Pierrick

2010/4/8 Kalle Sommer Nielsen <kalle@php.net>:
> Hey Everyone
>
> I've put together a simple RFC[1] that lists features thats been
> deprecated in 5.3, someone of them which I propose we remove in the
> next version of PHP, depending on the version number. Most of the
> features, which is listed below are taken from the old 6.0 NEWS[2]
> file, and items from the old PHP6 TODO[3].
>
> safe_mode/register_globals/register_long_arrays/magic_quotes_*/allow_call=
_time_pass_reference
> =A0- Something we have long time been wanted to remove from PHP, I don't
> see a big reason to keep those in the next version, even if its going
> to be a 5.4, since we already removed things like
> zend.ze1_compatibility_mode. See the magic quotes RFC[4].
>
> define_syslog_variables and its associated function
> =A0- Originally agreed to be removed in PHP6 during the 5.3 development,
> if there is no objects then I will remove by the end of this weekend.
>
> asp_tags
> =A0- Proposed to be removed aswell, Tony had a patch for this[5].
>
> sql_safe_mode
> =A0- Theres currently an RFC in the works about this by Johannes[6].
>
> session_register/session_is_registered/session_register
> =A0- Only needed for register_globals, Hannes removed those in PHP6.
>
> enable_dl
> =A0- Is this really worth keeping, since dl() was disabled on almost all
> SAPIs except for CLI/CGI/Embed?
>
> Support for Freetype 1 and GD 1
> =A0- Removed by Pierre in PHP6
>
> Support for "continue" and "break" operators with non constant operands
> =A0- Removed by Dmitry in PHP6.
>
> Undocumented and incomplete support for strings in list() operator
> =A0- Removed by Dmitry in PHP6 aswell.
>
> detect_unicode/highlight_bg
> =A0- Two ini values thats been marked as removed features from PHP6 in
> the manual. Not sure about detect_unicode, but highlight_bg is pretty
> pointless.
>
> y2k_compliance
> =A0- From the manual "Enforce year 2000 compliance (will cause problems
> with non-compliant browsers)", we are in 2010, we should remove this
> option and enable it by default and remove the checks. Perhaps Derick
> got an insight here?
>
> Class named constructors
> =A0- A feature thats been marked in the manual as something that would
> be removed in a future version of PHP6. It was not to be knowing ever
> decided to be kept or not, but now with the recent removal of them in
> namespaces then I don't see a big point in keeping them.
>
>
> If there is anything I forgot then let me know and I will add it to
> the RFC, else discussions away!
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.php.net/rfc/removal-of-deprecated-features
> [2] http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/FIRST_UNICODE_IMPLEMEN=
TATION/NEWS?view=3Dmarkup
> [3] http://wiki.php.net/todo/php60
> [4] http://wiki.php.net/rfc/magicquotes
> [5] http://marc.info/?l=3Dphp-internals&m=3D117640641605813&w=3D2
> [6] http://wiki.php.net/rfc/drop_sql.safe_mode
>
> --
> regards,
>
> Kalle Sommer Nielsen
> kalle@php.net
>
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