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Implemented in PHP 7.1
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Iterable
It is common for a function to accept or return either an array or an object implementing Traversable to be used with foreach. However, because array is a primi...
Add iterable type to PHP 7.1
Yes
35 Votes (95%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
RNG fixes and changes
There are several long standing issues with random number generation that should be addressed:
Fix mt_rand() implementation
Yes
19 Votes (79%)
No
5 Votes (21%)
Alias rand() to mt_rand()
Yes
21 Votes (84%)
No
4 Votes (16%)
Fix RAND_RANGE()
Yes
25 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Replace insecure uses of php_rand() with php_random_bytes()
Yes
23 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Make array_rand() more efficient
Yes
24 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Forbid dynamic calls to scope introspection functions
Dynamic calls to functions like extract(), which either inspect or modify the parent scope or stack frame, have unclear behavior (with disagreements between PHP...
Forbid dynamic calls to scope introspection functions?
Yes
39 Votes (98%)
No
1 Votes (3%)
Add curl_multi_errno(), curl_share_errno() and curl_share_strerror()
The ext/curl extension define 3 different resource types :
Should those functions should be added in 7.1
Yes
23 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Accept Closure from Callble? (50%+1 majority required)
Yes
40 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Fix overflow in octal parsing
Parsing of Octal (base 8) numbers contained in an interpolated string currently matches the pattern \\[0-7]{1,3}, that is a backslash followed by between one an...
Raise warning on octal interpolation overflow?
Yes
37 Votes (97%)
No
1 Votes (3%)
Accept the RFC Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment for PHP 7.1?
Yes
41 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
IntlTimeZone::getWindowsID()
ICU adds new methods from time to time. Specifically, the methods TimeZone::getWindowsID and TimeZone::getIDForWindowsID were added with ICU4C 52.
Approve get-windows-id RFC and merge oatch into master?
Yes
27 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Catching Multiple Exception Types
When two different types of exceptions are handled the same way, it is sometimes required to duplicate the code of the catch statements.
Should milti-catch be added to PHP 7.1
Yes
40 Votes (87%)
No
6 Votes (13%)
Generalize support of negative string offsets
In most PHP functions, providing a negative value as string offset means 'n positions counted backwards from the end of the string'.
This mechanism is widely us...
Generalize support of negative string offsets
Yes
28 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Allow specifying keys in list()
Unpacking array elements into variables is a common operation in certain types of PHP code. For example, it is common to use an array as an argument bag when in...
Accept the Allow specifying keys in list() RFC for PHP 7.1, and merge the patch into master?
Yes
23 Votes (68%)
No
11 Votes (32%)
Deprecate (then Remove) Mcrypt
Let's get rid of ext/mcrypt, which is abandonware and inhibits the growth of the language, as soon as humanly possible.
Deprecate then Remove Mcrypt from the PHP Core?
Yes
23 Votes (79%)
No
6 Votes (21%)
Warn about invalid strings in arithmetic
PHP's arithmetic operators allow not only numbers, but also numeric strings to be used as operands. For example, not only 1 + 1 produces 2, but also '1' + '1'. ...
Accept the ‘Warn about invalid strings in arithmetic’ v1.1 RFC for PHP 7.1?
Yes
29 Votes (97%)
No
1 Votes (3%)
Deprecate mb_ereg_replace eval option
This RFC aims at deprecating the e option that mb_ereg_replace and mb_eregi_replace provide.
Deprecate mb_ereg_replace eval option
Yes
19 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
OpenSSL AEAD support
The PHP OpenSSL extension provides functions for data encryption (openssl_encrypt) and decryption (openssl_decrypt). These function works fine for all cipher al...
Include AEAD support to OpenSSL extension
Yes
7 Votes (64%)
No
4 Votes (36%)
ext/curl HTTP/2 Server Push Support
With the introduction of HTTP/2 support in libcurl, PHP 7.0 now has some support for HTTP/2 requests, but it does not yet support one of the (potentially) most ...
Add HTTP/2 Server Push Support to ext/curl
Yes
26 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Support Class Constant Visibility
Classes in PHP allow modifiers on properties and methods, but not constants.
It is an easily fixed inconsistency, and a feature that many want and most surprise...
Class Constant Visibility
Yes
28 Votes (93%)
No
2 Votes (7%)
More precise float value handling
This RFC is based on the discussion about displaying float values in json_encode and proposes more precise float value handling overall.
Should mode 0 be introduced and set as default for PG(serialize_precision)
Yes
14 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Should PG(serialize_precision) be used instead of EG(precision) in json_encode
Yes
15 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Void Return Type
The Return Types RFC has introduced return types to PHP. While there is already a means to specify that any value may be returned (by omitting the return type),...
Accept the Void Return Type RFC for PHP 7.1 and merge patch into master?
Yes
37 Votes (84%)
No
7 Votes (16%)
Nullable Types
It is common in many programming languages including PHP to allow a variable to be of some type or null. This null often indicates an error or lack of something...
Accept explicitly nullable types? (2/3 affirmative required)
Yes
41 Votes (95%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Merge which features? (majority wins)
Both nullable parameter and return types
44 Votes (98%)
Only nullable return types
1 Votes (2%)
Add session_create_id() function
Session ID is created by session internal bin_to_readable() function. bin_to_readable() creates readable string from binary data depending. New session_create_i...
Add session_create_id() frunction
Yes
8 Votes (89%)
No
1 Votes (11%)
Add session_gc()
Current session GC depends on probability. Thus, low traffic sites would not delete expired session data and could be usable as valid session. Traffic varies da...
Add session_gc() function
Yes
12 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)