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Deprecations for PHP 8.6
The RFC proposes to deprecate the listed functionality in PHP 8.6 and remove it in PHP 9 (except where otherwise noted).
Deprecate the list() construct?
Yes
23 Votes (49%)
No
23 Votes (49%)
Abstain
1 Votes (2%)
Deprecate returning from a finally block?
Yes
39 Votes (85%)
No
3 Votes (7%)
Abstain
4 Votes (9%)
Deprecate using let as an identifier?
Yes
24 Votes (55%)
No
11 Votes (25%)
Abstain
9 Votes (20%)
Deprecate using namespace as a class constant name?
Yes
29 Votes (66%)
No
8 Votes (18%)
Abstain
7 Votes (16%)
Deprecate using in, out, and inout as identifiers?
Yes
8 Votes (18%)
No
21 Votes (48%)
Abstain
15 Votes (34%)
Deprecate using is as an identifier?
Yes
29 Votes (64%)
No
10 Votes (22%)
Abstain
6 Votes (13%)
Deprecate the possibility to name a function readonly?
Yes
39 Votes (93%)
No
1 Votes (2%)
Abstain
2 Votes (5%)
Deprecate using _ as a constant and compile time alias?
Yes
34 Votes (79%)
No
4 Votes (9%)
Abstain
5 Votes (12%)
Deprecate using _ as a function name and the _() function alias for gettext()?
Yes
10 Votes (23%)
No
22 Votes (51%)
Abstain
11 Votes (26%)
Passing objects for $array parameter of array_walk() and array_walk_recursive()?
Yes
41 Votes (93%)
No
3 Votes (7%)
Abstain
0 Votes (0%)
Passing objects for $options parameter of deflate_init() and inflate_init()?
Yes
39 Votes (89%)
No
4 Votes (9%)
Abstain
1 Votes (2%)
Passing objects as parameters to the zlib.inflate and zlib.deflate stream filters?
Yes
38 Votes (86%)
No
4 Votes (9%)
Abstain
2 Votes (5%)
Passing objects as parameters to the bzip2.decompress and bzip2.compress stream filters?
Yes
38 Votes (86%)
No
4 Votes (9%)
Abstain
2 Votes (5%)
Passing objects for $vars parameter of mb_convert_variables()?
Yes
39 Votes (91%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
2 Votes (5%)
Passing objects for $data parameter of http_build_query()?
Yes
21 Votes (48%)
No
10 Votes (23%)
Abstain
13 Votes (30%)
Deprecate is_double()?
Yes
40 Votes (91%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
2 Votes (5%)
Deprecate is_integer()?
Yes
39 Votes (89%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
3 Votes (7%)
Deprecate is_long()?
Yes
39 Votes (89%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
3 Votes (7%)
Deprecate doubleval()?
Yes
38 Votes (86%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
4 Votes (9%)
Deprecate define() with $case_insensitive being specified?
Yes
41 Votes (93%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
3 Votes (7%)
Deprecate is_subclass_of with string when $allow_string is false?
Yes
37 Votes (84%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
7 Votes (16%)
Deprecate is_a with string when $allow_string is false?
Yes
38 Votes (86%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
6 Votes (14%)
Deprecate strcoll()?
Yes
39 Votes (87%)
No
2 Votes (4%)
Abstain
4 Votes (9%)
Deprecate SORT_LOCALE_STRING flag for sort() functions?
Yes
38 Votes (88%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
3 Votes (7%)
Deprecate Metaphone Function?
Yes
20 Votes (45%)
No
8 Votes (18%)
Abstain
16 Votes (36%)
Deprecate dechunk filter?
Yes
18 Votes (40%)
No
15 Votes (33%)
Abstain
12 Votes (27%)
Deprecate ReflectionProperty::setValue() and ReflectionProperty::setRawValue() with wrong types?
Yes
43 Votes (93%)
No
1 Votes (2%)
Abstain
2 Votes (4%)
Deprecate ReflectionMethod::invoke() and ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() with objects for static methods?
Yes
39 Votes (91%)
No
3 Votes (7%)
Abstain
1 Votes (2%)
Deprecate ArrayIterator methods that inherit ArrayObject implementation?
Yes
42 Votes (98%)
No
1 Votes (2%)
Abstain
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate spl_classes()?
Yes
43 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate spl_object_hash()?
Yes
26 Votes (57%)
No
9 Votes (20%)
Abstain
11 Votes (24%)
Deprecate SplFileObject CSV methods?
Yes
25 Votes (56%)
No
5 Votes (11%)
Abstain
15 Votes (33%)
Deprecate mysqli::stmt_init, mysqli_stmt_init, and mysqli_stmt::__construct without the second argument?
Yes
40 Votes (93%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
3 Votes (7%)
Deprecate mysqli_get_charset()?
Yes
43 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Abstain
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate passing a $sessionhandler object to session_set_save_handler() which does not contain the create_sid() and validateId() methods?
Yes
26 Votes (62%)
No
2 Votes (5%)
Abstain
14 Votes (33%)