Deprecate define_syslog_variables in 5.3

17 years ago by Kalle Sommer Nielsen — view source — reply

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Hello internals

I've been looking at the function define_syslog_variables(), and I'm
unsure if its intentional to keep this old functionality in PHP,
seeing as define_syslog_variables defines a shortcut for each of the
LOG_* constants in the form of $LOG_*.

Therefore I propose the function is being deprecated in 5.3 and removed in HEAD.

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Kalle Sommer Nielsen

17 years ago by Lukas Kahwe Smith — view source — reply

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Hello internals

I've been looking at the function define_syslog_variables(), and I'm
unsure if its intentional to keep this old functionality in PHP,
seeing as define_syslog_variables defines a shortcut for each of the
LOG_* constants in the form of $LOG_*.

Therefore I propose the function is being deprecated in 5.3 and
removed in HEAD.

I agree. Fixing your code is easy (just remove the call to
define_syslog_variables() and the $ in front of LOG), maintains BC
with older PHP releases.

On the up side this function could create an insanely hard to debug
problem for users, is redundant and was a very bad idea from the start
(and the docs seem incorrect too).

That being said I never used this function or the constants in my
code. So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some
objection?

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org

17 years ago by John Carter -X johncart - PolicyApp Ltd@Cisco — view source — reply

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We use syslog a lot. I've always found define_syslog_variables to be
pointless and frankly a little bizarre.

+1 on this.

John.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lukas Kahwe Smith [mailto:mls@pooteeweet.org]
Sent: 14 October 2008 08:42
To: Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Cc: PHP Development
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate define_syslog_variables in 5.3

Hello internals

I've been looking at the function define_syslog_variables(), and I'm
unsure if its intentional to keep this old functionality in PHP,
seeing as define_syslog_variables defines a shortcut for each of the
LOG_* constants in the form of $LOG_*.

Therefore I propose the function is being deprecated in 5.3 and
removed in HEAD.

I agree. Fixing your code is easy (just remove the call to
define_syslog_variables() and the $ in front of LOG), maintains BC
with older PHP releases.

On the up side this function could create an insanely hard to debug
problem for users, is redundant and was a very bad idea from the start
(and the docs seem incorrect too).

That being said I never used this function or the constants in my
code. So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some
objection?

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org

17 years ago by Markus Fischer — view source — reply

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Hi,

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

That being said I never used this function or the constants in my code.
So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some objection?

Me neither, but in such cases it's probably a good idea to take a look
at code search machines, e.g.

http://www.google.com/codesearch?as_q=define_syslog_variables&btnG=Search+Code&hl=en&as_lang=php&as_license_restrict=i&as_license=&as_package=&as_filename=&as_case=

or e.g. http://www.krugle.org/

cheers,

Markus

17 years ago by Lukas Kahwe Smith — view source — reply

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Hi,

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

That being said I never used this function or the constants in my
code. So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some
objection?

Me neither, but in such cases it's probably a good idea to take a
look at code search machines, e.g.

http://www.google.com/codesearch?as_q=define_syslog_variables&btnG=Search+Code&hl=en&as_lang=php&as_license_restrict=i&as_license=&as_package=&as_filename=&as_case=

right .. and the interesting thing there is that most of the code is
using the constants even though it calls the function to define the
variables beforehand. the faulty documentation is probably the cause
of this. so for the most part people will just need to remove the
function call.

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org

17 years ago by Kalle Sommer Nielsen — view source — reply

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2008/10/14 Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org:

Hi,

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

That being said I never used this function or the constants in my code.
So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some objection?

Me neither, but in such cases it's probably a good idea to take a look at
code search machines, e.g.

http://www.google.com/codesearch?as_q=define_syslog_variables&btnG=Search+Code&hl=en&as_lang=php&as_license_restrict=i&as_license=&as_package=&as_filename=&as_case=

right .. and the interesting thing there is that most of the code is using
the constants even though it calls the function to define the variables
beforehand. the faulty documentation is probably the cause of this. so for
the most part people will just need to remove the function call.

I've removed it from HEAD and added an E_DEPRECATED notice on
define_syslog_variables() in 5.3. If you're having
define_syslog_variables=On in HEAD, it will result in an E_WARNING
just like safe_mode, magic_quotes ect.

Docs/wiki are updated aswell.

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org

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regrads

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Kalle Sommer Nielsen

17 years ago by Lars Strojny — view source — reply

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Hi Kalle,

Am Dienstag, den 14.10.2008, 04:04 +0200 schrieb Kalle Sommer Nielsen:
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Therefore I propose the function is being deprecated in 5.3 and removed in HEAD.

cu, Lars

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