Re: PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List

1) Backport the namespaces patch for PHP 6 0

2) Symlink the intl extension from PECL, but leave it disabled by default as is the case with all extensions dependent on external libs 1

3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch 1

4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch 0

5) Implement Sqlite3 support via the ext/sqlite extension (patch is already available) 0

6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes 0

7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for PDO and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default) 1 (not by default)

8) OpenID enabling patch for OpenSSL and PHP 5 Which one? (from the looks you are refering to Wez's origional) I though it was already decided a while back that the patch from Dmitry was going in.

9) Add array_replace[_recursive] functions (patch is already available) 0

10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED 0

11) Merge the zend_arg_info const'ify patch 1

12) Merge the GCC 4 -fvisibility patch 1

13) Switch for disabling/enabling materialized cursors in mysqli 1

14) Link phar extension from PECL into core (possibly enabling it by default) 0

15) Merge Matt's ZEND_SIGNED_MULTIPLY_LONG() optimization patch 1

16) Introduce new php.ini files parser/scanner + CGI/FastCGI? "htaccess" style ini file support 0

17) Merge __callStatic patch from PHP 6 0

18) Introduce concept of "strict classes" that do not permit dynamic property creation 0

Rob