Re: [RFC] Deprecations for 7.4

From: Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:14:47 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecations for 7.4
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On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:41 PM Claude Pache <claude.pache@gmail.com> wrote: > The deprecation RFC lists apache_request_headers(), because it > is “an > Apache-specific name is also available in other SAPIs, even though it is > also available under the SAPI-independent name getallheaders()”. > > Have you ever thought about making a more thorough and consistent change > with other similar functions, instead of just picking one particular > function because it is the only one in its category that has a documented > alias? In five minutes, I’m thinking of the following obvious things: > > * using a less ambiguous name than getallheaders(), given the > existence > of both apache_request_headers() and > apache_response_headers(); > > * renaming all apache_*() functions that are available in other > SAPI > into a SAPI-independent name; > > * treating all nsapi_*() functions as well. > Thanks for bringing this up. I agree with you, and have dropped apache_request_headers() from this RFC. This clearly needs a more comprehensive change. Note that nsapi no longer exists since PHP 7, but litespeed also has its own variation of these functions as well. Nikita

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