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PHP 5 Support Timeline
This RFC proposes to extend the End of Active Support & End of Security Support dates for PHP 5.6, the final version in the PHP 5 family.
Extend the support timeline of PHP 5?
Yes
42 Votes (95%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Extend the support timeline to:
1 year Active Support 1 year Security Support
21 Votes (48%)
1 year Active Support 2 years Security Support
23 Votes (52%)
PHP 7.0 timeline
With key decisions about both the version number and the engine for PHP 7 behind us, it's time to define an agreed-upon timeline so that all contributors can al...
php7timeline
Yes
34 Votes (94%)
No
2 Votes (6%)
Name of Next Release of PHP
There has been some debate over what the name of the next major release of PHP, to succeed the PHP 5.x series, should be called. This RFC is an attempt to settl...
Shall the name of PHP NEXT be PHP 6, or PHP 7?
PHP 6
24 Votes (29%)
PHP 7
58 Votes (71%)
JIT
It's no secret that the performance jump of PHP 7 was originally initiated by attempts to implement JIT for PHP. We started these efforts at Zend (mostly by Dmi...
Include JIT into PHP 8?
Yes
50 Votes (96%)
No
2 Votes (4%)
Include JIT into PHP 7.4 (experimental)?
Yes
18 Votes (33%)
No
36 Votes (67%)
Integrating Zend Optimizer+ into the PHP distribution
This RFC proposes integrating the Zend Optimizer+ component into the Open Source PHP distribution. Optimizer+ is the fastest opcode cache available for PHP, an...
rfc/optimizerplus
Integrate into 5.5, even if minor delay required
44 Votes (63%)
Integrate into 5.5 only if it's not delayed, otherwise - 5.6
22 Votes (31%)
Don’t integrate Optimizer+ to PHP, make avail through PECL only
4 Votes (6%)
coercive_sth
Yes
27 Votes (38%)
No
44 Votes (62%)