com php-src: Clarify always_populate_raw_post_data si tuation in 5.6: NEWS UPGRADING

Commit: 03386d178626e3ce1ff9afcf53fa7fbb4f8a2b87 Author: Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:18:16 +0100 Parents: b58dbefba02aeebc840ea0c4058f5d7b2e3368d1 Branches: PHP-5.6 master Link: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=03386d178626e3ce1ff9afcf53fa7fbb4f8a2b87 Log: Clarify always_populate_raw_post_data situation in 5.6 Changed paths: M NEWS M UPGRADING Diff: diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 735d858..340b3e5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ PHP NEWS (Gustavo) . Uploads equal or greater than 2GB in size are now accepted. (Ralf Lang, Mike) - . Reduced POST data memory usage by 200-300%. Removed INI setting - always_populate_raw_post_data and the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA global - variable. (Mike) + . Reduced POST data memory usage by 200-300%. Changed INI setting + always_populate_raw_post_data to throw a deprecation warning when enabling + and to accept -1 for never populating the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA global + variable, which will be the default in future PHP versions. (Mike) . Implemented dedicated syntax for variadic functions (RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/variadics). (Nikita) .. Fixed bug #50333 Improving multi-threaded scalability by using diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING index f2be0a3..a2e9261 100755 --- a/UPGRADING +++ b/UPGRADING @@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ PHP X.Y UPGRADE NOTES 1. Backward Incompatible Changes ======================================== -- Core: - Removed $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA global variable. Restore backwards compatibility - by: - <?php - global $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA; - if (!isset($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA)) { - $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = file_get_contents("php://input"); - } - ?> - - JSON: json_decode() no longer accepts non-lowercase variants of lone JSON true, false or null values. For example, True or FALSE will now cause json_decode to @@ -148,7 +138,9 @@ PHP X.Y UPGRADE NOTES ======================================== - Core: - Removed always_populate_raw_post_data. + Changed always_populate_raw_post_data to throw a deprecation warning when + enabled and to recognize ohe value -1 for never populating the global + $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA variable, which will be default in future PHP versions. ======================================== 11. Other Changes