Re: PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List

Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:

List of Feature Ideas ---------------------------- 1) Backport the namespaces patch for PHP 6

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

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3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch

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4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch

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

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6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes

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7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for PDO and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default)

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8) OpenID enabling patch for OpenSSL and PHP 5

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

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10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED

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11) Merge the zend_arg_info const'ify patch

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12) Merge the GCC 4 -fvisibility patch

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13) Switch for disabling/enabling materialized cursors in mysqli

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

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15) Merge Matt's ZEND_SIGNED_MULTIPLY_LONG() optimization patch

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

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17) Merge __callStatic patch from PHP 6

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

Good idea, but I'd leave it for PHP 6. -Andrei http://10fathoms.org/vu - daily photoblog