PHP 7.2 UPGRADE NOTES

1. Backward Incompatible Changes

2. New Features

3. Changes in SAPI modules

4. Deprecated Functionality

5. Changed Functions

6. New Functions

7. New Classes and Interfaces

8. Removed Extensions and SAPIs

9. Other Changes to Extensions

10. New Global Constants

11. Changes to INI File Handling

12. Windows Support

13. Other Changes

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1. Backward Incompatible Changes

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- Core:

. gettype() will now return "resource (closed)" instead of "unknown type" for

closed resources.

. is_object() will now return true for objects of class

__PHP_Incomplete_Class.

. Support for Netware operating systems have been removed.

. Casting arrays to objects (with (object) or settype()) will now covert

integer keys to string property names. This fixes the behaviour of previous

versions, where integer keys would become inaccessible properties with

integer names.

. Casting objects to arrays (with (array) or settype()), and retrieving

object properties in an array with get_object_vars(), will now convert

numeric string property names (that is, property names of the format

/^(0|(-?[1-9][0-9]*))$/ where PHP_INT_MIN <= n <= PHP_INT_MAX) to integer

keys. This fixes the behaviour of previous versions, where numeric string

property names would become inaccessible string keys.

. Minimum supported Windows versions are Windows 7/Server 2008 R2.

- BCMath:

. The bcmod() function no longer truncates fractional numbers to integers. As

such, its behavior now follows fmod() rather than the `%` operator. For

example `bcmod('4', '3.5')` now returns '0.5' instead of '1'.

- Hash:

. The hash_hmac(), hash_hmac_file() and hash_pbkdf2() functions no longer

accept non-cryptographic hashes.

- PCRE:

. preg_match() and other PCRE functions now distinguish between unmatched

subpatterns and empty matches by reporting NULL and "" (empty string),

respectively. Formerly, either was reported as empty string.

- Session:

. Removed register_globals related code and "!" can be used as $_SESSION key name.

. Session is made to manage session status corretly and prevents invalid operations.

Only inappropriate codes are affected by this change. If you have problems with this,

it means you have problem in your code.

. Functions are made to set or return correct session status.

session_start(), session_status(), session_regenerate_id()

. Functions are made to return bool from null. These functions have void parameter

and void parameter is checked.

session_unset(), session_write_close()/session_commit(), session_abort(),

session_reset()

. Functions prohibit invalid operations with regard to session status and

HTTP header status, returns correct bool return value.

session_start(), session_set_cookie_params(), session_name(), session_module_name(),

session_set_save_handler(), session_regenerate_id(), session_cache_limiter(),

session_cache_expire(), session_unset(), session_destroy(),

session_write_close()/session_commit(), session_reset()

. INI value change by ini_set() returns update status correctly.　Invalid INI modifications

are checked and made to fail.

session.name, session.save_path, session.cookie_lifetime, session.cookie_path,

session.cookie_domain, session.cookie_httponly, session.cookie_secure,

session.use_cookies, session.use_only_cookies, session.use_strict_mode,

session.referer_check, session.cache_limiter, session.cache_expire,

session.lazy_write, session.save_handler, session.serialize_handler,

session.gc_probability, session.gc_divior, session.gc_maxlifetime,

. Some E_ERRORs are changed to E_WARNING since session status is managed correctly.

session_start()

. Session no longer initialize $_SESSION for invalid and useless session.

session_start()

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2. New Features

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- Core:

. It is now possible to remove argument type annotations when overriding an

inherited method. This complies with contravariance of method argument types

under the Liskov Substitution Principle.

(https://wiki.php.net/rfc/parameter-no-type-variance)

- PCRE:

. Added `J` modifier for setting PCRE_DUPNAMES.

- Standard:

. Simplified password hashing API updated to support Argon2i hashes when PHP is compiled with libargon2

(https://wiki.php.net/rfc/argon2_password_hash).

. proc_nice() is now supported on Windows platforms.

- Zip:

. read/write encrypted archive, relying on libzip 1.2.0,

using new methods:

ZipArchive::setEncryptionName($name, $method [, $password]);

ZipArchive::setEncryptionIndex($index, $method [, $password]);

and new constants:

ZipArchive::EM_NONE

ZipArchive::EM_AES_128

ZipArchive::EM_AES_192

ZipArchive::EM_AES_256

. accept 'password' from zip stream context

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3. Changes in SAPI modules

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4. Deprecated Functionality

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All the deprecated functionality listed in the following will be removed in

PHP 8.0.

- Core:

. The trace_errors ini directive has been deprecated.

. The __autoload() mechanism has been deprecated, use spl_autoload_register()

instead.

. The (unset) cast has been deprecated. This does not affect the unset($var)

language construct.

. The create_function() function has been deprecated, use anonymous functions

instead.

. The each() function has been deprecated, use a foreach loop instead.

- GD:

. png2wbmp() and jpeg2wbmp() have been deprecated.

- GMP:

. The gmp_random() function has been deprecated, use gmp_random_bits() or

gmp_random_range() instead.

- Intl:

. INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003 has been deprecated; use INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46

instead.

- Mbstring:

. The mbstring.func_overload ini directive has been deprecated.

- Standard:

. Calling parse_str() without the result argument has been deprecated.

. Calling assert() with a string argument has been deprecated, use an ordinary

expression instead.

See also: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_7_2

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5. Changed Functions

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- Standard:

. password_hash() can generate Argon2i hashes when the algorithm is set to PASSWORD_ARGON2I.

When using PASSWORD_ARGON2I, the following cost factors may be set: 'memory_cost', 'time_cost',

and 'threads'. These cost factors will default to 'PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST',

'PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_TIME_COST', and 'PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_THREADS' respectively if not set.

. password_verify() can verify Argon2i hashes.

. password_get_info() and password_needs_rehash() can accept Argon2i hashes.

. mail()/mb_send_mail() accept array $extra_header. Array paramter is checked against RFC 2822.

Array format is

$extra_headers = [

'Header-Name' => 'Header value',

'Multiple' => ['One header', 'Another header'],

'Multiline' = "FirstLine\r\n SecondLine",

];

. count() now raises a warning when an invalid parameter is passed.

Only arrays and objects implementing the Countable interface should be passed.

. pack() and unpack() now support float and double in both little and big endian.

- XML:

. utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() have been moved to the Standard extension

as string functions.

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6. New Functions

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- Core:

. Added stream_isatty().

. Added sapi_windows_vt100_support().

- GD:

. Added imagesetclip() and imagegetclip().

. Added imageopenpolygon().

. Added imageresolution().

. Added imagecreatefrombmp() and imagebmp().

- Mbstring:

. Added mb_chr() and mb_ord().

. Added mb_scurb() that scrub broken multibyte strings.

- Sockets:

. Added socket_addrinfo_lookup(), socket_addrinfo_connect(),

socket_addrinfo_bind() and socket_addrinfo_explain().

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7. New Classes and Interfaces

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8. Removed Extensions and SAPIs

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- Mcrypt:

. The deprecated mcrypt extension has been moved to PECL.

. libmcrypt has not been maintained since 2007 and the continued use of this

extension is strongly discouraged.

. Users are advised to use alternatives such as OpenSSL or libsodium.

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9. Other Changes to Extensions

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- EXIF:

. Added extended exif tag support for the following formats:

Samsung, DJI, Panasonic, Sony, Pentax, Minolta & Sigma/Foveon.

- GD:

. Removed --enable-gd-native-ttf configuration option which was unused as

of PHP 5.5.0 anyway.

. imagegd() stores truecolor images as real truecolor images. Formerly, they

have been converted to palette.

. imageantialias() is now also available if compiled with a system libgd.

- Mbstring

. mb_check_encoding() accepts array parameter. Both key and value

ecodings are checked recursively.

. mb_convert_encoding() accepts array parameter. Only value encodings

are converted recursively.

- pdo_sqlite

. Use sqlite3_prepare_v2() and sqlite3_close_v2() functions instead of their

legacy counterparts.

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10. New Global Constants

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- Core:

. PHP_FLOAT_DIG number of decimal digits, that can be rounded into a

float and back without precision loss

. PHP_FLOAT_EPSILON smallest representable positive number x, so then

x + 1.0 != 1.0

. PHP_FLOAT_MIN min representable float number

. PHP_FLOAT_MAX max representable float number

. PHP_OS_FAMILY current operating system family

- Fileinfo:

. FILEINFO_EXTENSION include list of possible file extensions

- GD:

. IMG_EFFECT_MULTIPLY

. IMG_BMP

- Standard:

. PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_MEMORY_COST

. PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_TIME_COST

. PASSWORD_ARGON2_DEFAULT_THREADS

. PASSWORD_ARGON2I

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11. Changes to INI File Handling

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- sql.safe_mode

. This INI directive have been removed.

- realpath_cache_size

. Set to 4096k by default

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12. Windows Support

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- Support for VT100 console mode

On systems starting with 10.0.10586, cmd.exe supports ANSI escape sequences.

The corresponding console mode is enabled by default on CLI on suitable

systems. As well, the function sapi_windows_vt100_support() is provided,

to control and query the corresponding information in the scripts.

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13. Other Changes

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