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Constants in Traits
Traits [1] are used for horizontal code reuse across classes, and currently allow the definition of methods and properties, but not constants. This means that i...
Allow constants in traits as proposed?
Yes
28 Votes (70%)
No
12 Votes (30%)
Make the iterator_*() family accept all iterables
PHP's iterator_*() family currently only accept \Traversables (i.e. they reject plain arrays). This is unnecessarily limiting.
iterator_to_array: Change the type of iterator_to_array()’s $iterator parameter from \Traversable to iterable?
Yes
17 Votes (89%)
No
2 Votes (11%)
iterator_count: Change the type of iterator_count()’s $iterator parameter from \Traversable to iterable?
Yes
17 Votes (89%)
No
2 Votes (11%)
Random Extension Improvement
Several issues with the "Random Extension 5.x" RFC were only raised after voting started (due to lack of proper discussion):
Make all implemented engines final?
Yes
18 Votes (95%)
No
1 Votes (5%)
Remove the SerializableEngine interface?
Yes
18 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Remove the CombinedLCG class?
Yes
18 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Add the pickArrayKeys() method to the Randomizer?
Yes
12 Votes (86%)
No
2 Votes (14%)
Rename Randomizer::shuffleString() to Randomizer::shuffleBytes()?
Yes
16 Votes (94%)
No
1 Votes (6%)
Rename PCG64 and MersenneTwister?
Yes
14 Votes (93%)
No
1 Votes (7%)
Add the Xoshiro256StarStar engine and class?
Yes
13 Votes (93%)
No
1 Votes (7%)
Fetch properties of enums in const expressions
This RFC proposes to allow the use of ->/?-> to fetch properties of enums in constant expressions. The primary motivation for this change is to allow fetching t...
Add support for fetching properties of enums in constant expressions?
Yes
24 Votes (69%)
No
11 Votes (31%)
Expand deprecation notice scope for partially supported callables
This is a follow-up RFC to the previously accepted Deprecated partially supported callables RFC and proposes to add deprecation notices when passing a partially...
Throw a deprecation notice when is_callable() receives one of the deprecated partially supported callables ?
Yes
28 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Throw a deprecation notice when type verification on the callable type detects one of the deprecated partially supported callables ?
Yes
25 Votes (96%)
No
1 Votes (4%)
Deprecate and Remove utf8_encode and utf8_decode
The built-in functions utf8_encode and utf8_decode convert strings encoded in ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) to and from UTF-8, respectively. While this is sometimes a us...
Should utf8_encode and utf8_decode be deprecated in 8.2 and removed in 9.0?
Yes
33 Votes (94%)
No
2 Votes (6%)
Random Extension 5.x
There are several problems with the current implementation of PHP's random functionality, so some proposed improvements.
Add Random extension
Yes
21 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Allow null and false as stand-alone types
null corresponds to PHP's unit type, i.e. the type which holds a single value. false is a literal type of type bool.
Accept Allow null and false as stand-alone types RFC?
Yes
38 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Redacting parameters in back traces
PHP's stack traces in exceptions are very useful for debugging, because they include the original parameters for each stack frame, allowing the developer to see...
Redacting parameters in back traces
Yes
24 Votes (96%)
No
1 Votes (4%)
Remove support for libmysql from mysqli
There are plenty of differences between the two drivers. Removing support
for libmysql would allow PHP to simplify the code and unit tests.
Advantages of mysqln...
Remove support for libmysql from mysqli
Yes
30 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate partially supported callables
This RFC proposes to deprecate callables that are supported by call_user_func($callable), but not by $callable().
Deprecate partially supported callables?
Yes
32 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate dynamic properties
When writing to a property that has not been declared, PHP will silently create a dynamic property instead. In modern code, this is rarely done intentionally. T...
Deprecate dynamic property creation with #[AllowDynamicProperties] opt-in?
Yes
52 Votes (68%)
No
25 Votes (32%)
Deprecate ${} string interpolation in PHP 8.2 and remove them in PHP 9.0?
Yes
31 Votes (97%)
No
1 Votes (3%)