Re: PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List

On 9/9/07, Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@prohost.org> wrote: > 1) Backport the namespaces patch for PHP 6 > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 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 0 -1 0 > > 3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 5) Implement Sqlite3 support via the ext/sqlite extension (patch is > already available) > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes > > 1 0 -1 -1 (Some php.net webs still use register_globals AND magic_quotes, I don't think we can expect people to upgrade their scripts when not even we have done so) > > 7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for > PDO and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default) > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 8) OpenID enabling patch for OpenSSL and PHP 5 > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 9) Add array_replace[_recursive] functions (patch is already available) > > 1 0 -1 0 > > 10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 11) Merge the zend_arg_info const'ify patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 12) Merge the GCC 4 -fvisibility patch > > 1 0 -1 0 > > 13) Switch for disabling/enabling materialized cursors in mysqli > > 1 0 -1 +1 (wasn't this voted, and agreed, for for 5.2?) > > 14) Link phar extension from PECL into core (possibly enabling it by > default) > > 1 0 -1 0 > > 15) Merge Matt's ZEND_SIGNED_MULTIPLY_LONG() optimization patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 16) Introduce new php.ini files parser/scanner + CGI/FastCGI? > "htaccess" style ini file support > > 1 0 -1 +1 > > 17) Merge __callStatic patch from PHP 6 > > 1 0 -1 0 > > 18) Introduce concept of "strict classes" that do not permit dynamic > property creation > > 1 0 -1 +1 -Hannes