RE: [PHP] PHP 4.0.1 released

Hi, is bug 5070 fixed in this release? (http://bugs.php.net/version4/?id=5070) Maarten > -----Original Message----- > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:24 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net; php-windows@lists.php.net; > php-announce@lists.php.net > Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net; group@php.net > Subject: [PHP] PHP 4.0.1 released > > > The PHP group is happy to announce the availability of PHP > 4.0.1. PHP > 4.0.1 is the first maintenance release for PHP 4.0 released > last month, and > includes improved performance, new features and many bug fixes. > > All users of previous versions of PHP (both 4.0 and 3.0), are > encouraged to > upgrade to PHP 4.0.1. > > Most notable in this maintenance release is the improved > stability of the > Windows build, both due to an improved thread-safe version, > and additional > non related fixes and improvements. Many fixes and > enhancements were made > to non Windows-specific code as well, so users of various > UNIX variants are > also encouraged to upgrade. > > A full list of changes is enclosed. > > Zeev > > > 28 Jun 2000, Version 4.0.1 > - Fixed a possible crash in the LDAP modify code. (Eric Kilfoil) > - Fixed a bug in opendir(), which prevented readdir() from > working properly if > the $dir argument wasn't explicitly specified (Zeev) > - Made --enable-discard-path work again. (Andi) > - Removed 8KB limit on line length of the file() function (Zeev) > - Disabled dl() when PHP is being used as a module inside a > multithreaded web > server - it didn't work before, and caused weird results (Zeev) > - Added the ImageColorClosestHWB(), ImageCopyMerge() and > ImagePaletteCopy() > functions. (Sterling) > - Added ImageCreateFromWBMP() function. (Jouni) > - Fixed problems with POST requests under the NSAPI module. > (Roberto Biancardi) > - Added spliti() function. (Thies) > - Fixed serializer behaviour with regards to serializing > objects whose class > definition was not available in the deserializing context. (Sascha) > - Improve memory cache performance and increase cache size. > (Stas, Zend Engine) > - Added a crc32 checksum function - used by the UdmSearch > search engine > and currently run through a system call. This will speed > up the UdmSearch > php frontend significantly. (Rasmus) > - Modified in_array() to not touch array pointer. (Andrei) > - Added restore_error_handler(). (Zeev, Zend engine) > - Fixed erroneous file names and line numbers in error > situations under the > multithreaded version of PHP - most noticeably Win32 > (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fixed problem with CGI crashing on certain servers > especially Windows Apache > & O'Reilly website (Andi) > - Added Pi3Web SAPI module; run ./configure --with-pi3web to > enable this. > (Holger; zimpel@t-online.de) > - Enhanced WDDX functions to call __sleep() and __wakeup() > when working on > objects. (Andrei) > - Changed WDDX to serialize arrays as structs only if needed. (Thies) > - Implemented max_execution_time under Win32 (Zeev) > - Updated strtotime() to handle many more formats. It now has complete > feature parity with GNU date command. (Andrei) > - Added support for multiple arguments in unset(). (Faisal, > Zend Engine) > - Functions that expect a resource but are passed something > else now return > NULL instead of FALSE. (Thies, Zend Engine) > - Fixed gmmktime(), on certain systems it incorrectly > adjusted for the timezone > offset and daylight savings time. (Andrei) > - Moved VC++ Win32 project and workspace files to the win32 directory > (Zeev) > - Fixed checkdate() to not return true on non-numeric > arguments (Rasmus) > - Added --enable-c9x-inline option for compilers which > support the new C9x > standard. If you encounter undefined references to > i_zend_is_true and > other symbols, you should enable this. (Sascha, Zend Library) > - Fixed a problem in ldap_add() and ldap_modify(), sometimes > added trailing > garbage to the values (Stig Venaas) > - Fixed a problem with dbmopen() not handing 'c' correctly > with dbm/db/ndbm > databases. (JimJag) > - Fixed a crash in number_format() when used with locales. (Andrei) > - Fixed an initialization problem in the MS-SQL problem that > could cause > a crash in mssql_query() (Zeev) > - Upgraded PCRE to version 3.2 and fixed a bug when anchored pattern > matched an empty string. (Andrei) > - Fixed a bug that prevented PHP from paying attention to the > extension_dir > directive with extensions that were loaded from the > php.ini file (Zeev) > - Changed set_error_handler() to return the name of the > previously defined > error handler, if any (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Declared <?php_track_vars?> officially dead. It didn't > work in PHP 4.0.0 > either, but now it's gone for good (Zeev) > - Make convert_cyr_string() binary safe and stop it from > corrupting other > PHP variables. (Andi) > - Added functions array_unique, array_intersect and > array_diff (Stig Venaas) > - Fixed problem when using uninitialized values in > comparisons with strings. > They behave as empty strings again just like in PHP 3. > (Andi & Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fixed 'Z' flag in date() to adjust for daylight savings > time. (Andrei) > - Fixed var_dump() not to modify the internal order of array > elements (Zeev) > - Fixed stripcslashes() to remove to strip \ in unknown > escapes instead of > leaving it. (Andrei) > - Changed WDDX to always serialize arrays as structs. (Andrei) > - Fixed include_once() to issue a warning in case the > supplied file name is > not found (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fixed a bug in get_declared_classes() which could return > the same class > multiple times under certain circumstances (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fixed a bug in rawurldecode() that would cause in > rawurldecode() corrupting > its argument (Zeev) > - Parse errors (or other errors) in the php.ini files under > Windows will no > longer mess up the HTTP headers in CGI mode and are now > displayed in a > message box (Zeev) > - Fixed a crash in OCIFetchStatement() when trying to read > after all data > has already been read. (Thies) > - fopen_wrappers() are now extensible via modules (Hartmut Holzgraefe) > - Make trim strip \0 to match php 3 (Rasmus) > - Added function imagecreatefromxbm(). (Jouni) > - Added function imagewbmp(). (Jouni, based on patch from Rune Nordbøe > Skillingstad) > - Added str_pad() for padding a string with an arbitrary > string on left or > right. (Andrei) > - Made the short_tags, asp_tags and allow_call_time_pass_reference INI > directives work on a per-directory basis as well, e.g. > from .htaccess > files. (Zeev) > - Added fflush() function. (Eric Huss) > - Fixed a problem with static variables, default function > arguments and class > member variables, that contained array values. (Andi & > Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fix virtual() when used with output buffering (Marc Pohl) > - Clean up constants in flock() function and add optional 3rd > arg which > is set to true on EWOULDBLOCK (Rasmus) > - Added functions pg_loimport(), pg_loexport(). (Jouni) > - Added SWF support to getimagesize() function (Derick Rethans) > - Added support for both indexed and non-indexed arrays of > file uploads > eg. name="file[]" type="file" (Rasmus) > - Added create_function(), which gives the ability to create functions > on-the-fly (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Added support for comparisons of arrays (with arrays) and > objects (with > objects); The equality operator (==) performs an > unordered comparison, > whereas the identity operator (===) performs an ordered > comparison (Zeev, > Zend Engine) > - Allow all functions that receive user-defined function > callbacks to accept > an array that contains an object and a method name, in > place of a function > name, e.g. usort($array, array($obj, "ObjSort")) (Zeev, > Zend Engine) > - Added set_error_handler() to allow custom error handling functions, > instead of the built-in error handling code (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Renamed user_error() to trigger_error(); user_error() remains > defined for compatibility (Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fix the global/static statements to require a trailing terminating > semi-colon ';'. (Andi, Zend Engine) > - Cleaned up PCRE extension and made it binary-safe. (Andrei) > - Added third argument to in_array(). If it's true, then in_array() > will use strict comparison instead of the default one. (Andrei) > - Added pg_trace() and pg_untrace (Dominic J. Eidson & Zeev) > - ignore_user_abort=Off is now default. (Thies) > - Added array_merge_recursive() that will recursively merge values > under the same keys. (Andrei) > - fixed crash in OCIParse when parsing invalid SQL. (Thies) > - Fixed a bug in mysql_connect() that made it ignore the > socket argument, in > case of non-persistent connects (Zeev) > - Added disable_functions php.ini directive, to allow > administrators to disable > certain functions for security reasons (Zeev) > - Fixed sessions on Win32. When setting the directory depth > parameter in > save_path you need to now delimit it with a ';' instead of ':', e.g > "5;/tmp" instead of "5:/tmp" (Andi) > - Changed the Apache handler's return status to 'Declined' > when a requested > PHP file could not be found. Returning 'Not Found' caused problems > in the ErrorDocument handler stage in that > $REDIRECT_REDIRECT_ERROR_NOTES > was not getting set at all. Moving to 'Declined' should > fix this and I > can't see any other side effects. (Rasmus) > - Fixed scanning decimal numbers in internationalized > environments. They should > always be in standard US format e.g. 23.3. (Andi, Zend Engine) > - Added second argument to preg_quote() which allows quoting of > one additional character, usually the regex delimiter. (Andrei) > - Uncommitted outstanding OCI8 transactions are now rolled back > before the connection is closed. (Thies) > - ignore_user_abort() & friends should now work in CGI mode as well. > (Patch by daniel.braun@ercom.fr) > - Added extension YAZ (dickmeiss). > - Fixed a crash bug triggered by certain cases of class redeclarations > (Stanislav & Zeev, Zend Engine) > - Fixed min()/max() segfault. (Andrei) > - New module for reading EXIF header data from JPEG files. > Most digital > cameras will embed all sorts of information about a > picture inside the > jpeg images it generates. (Rasmus) > - Fixed basename() bug where "file.ext///" would not return the same > as "/path/file.ext///" (Rasmus) > - Added the swf_ortho function. (Sterling) > - Moved to virtual current working directory support. This > highly improves the > functionality and stability of multi-threaded versions of > PHP (Andi, Sascha) > -- > Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >