Re: [Vote] Add form feed as a whitespace character in trim, ltrim and rtrim

From:	Juliette Reinders Folmer	Date:	Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:58:17 +0000
Subject:	Re: [Vote] Add form feed as a whitespace character in trim, ltrim and rtrim
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On 5-2-2026 17:00, Larry Garfield wrote:

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 11:09 AM, Volker Dusch wrote:
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote:
Where as I would, because we catch flack every version for how many "small" BC breaks we have. It hinders people's ability to upgrade and generates bad PR for PHP routinely. Majors exist for a reason.
That claim is completely unsubstantiated, doesn't reflect my experienced and researched reality, and feels quite off-topic, given PHP very much allows for this.
Ask Juliette or MWOP how much the "minor" BC breaks cause them issues. My ears were burning. And yes, "minor" BC breaks can definitely be hugely problematic, however, the "BC-break" proposed in this RFC - to me - is not one in that category. Feels more like a bug-fix.