Re: [RFC] Deprecate Invalid Filter Options

On Sun, 4 Oct 2026 at 01:52, Calvin Buckley <calvin@cmpct.info> wrote: >Looks reasonable at first glance. My additional suggestions for >follow-on RFCs would be: > >- The filter types could be turned into an enum. Would be a pretty > simple RFC. >- Get rid of SAPI-side input filters for the superglobals; they > complicate code that works with them a bit. The INI option that > controls them is already deprecated, so, an RFC to get rid of them > completely? > >I do think ext/filter is kind of weird in that the API is very pre-OO >and has a bunch of hardcoded filters and assumptions on how people used >the superglobals, but if we have it, it's still worth cleaning up. You're correct. I agree that the filter types would be better handled as a separate, focused RFC for enums. I'll close this RFC and pursue the enum proposal separately. I have already opened a PR for the implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/24111 Thanks for the suggestion!