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Deprecations for PHP 8.5
The RFC proposes to deprecate the listed functionality in PHP 8.5 and remove it in PHP 9 (except where otherwise noted).
Deprecate semicolon-terminated case statements?
Yes
22 Votes (69%)
No
10 Votes (31%)
Deprecate non-standard cast names?
Yes
32 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate attributes applying to multiple class properties/constants
Yes
5 Votes (21%)
No
19 Votes (79%)
Deprecate backticks as an alias for shell_exec?
Yes
21 Votes (72%)
No
8 Votes (28%)
Deprecate the __sleep() and __wakeup() magic methods?
Yes
18 Votes (67%)
No
9 Votes (33%)
Deprecate using values null as an array offset and when calling array_key_exists()?
Yes
25 Votes (89%)
No
3 Votes (11%)
Deprecate __debugInfo() returning null?
Yes
22 Votes (81%)
No
5 Votes (19%)
Deprecate constant redeclaration?
Yes
31 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate closure binding issues?
Yes
29 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Enact follow-up phase of the Path to Saner Increment/Decrement operators RFC?
Yes
23 Votes (85%)
No
4 Votes (15%)
Deprecate the report_memleaks INI directive?
Yes
23 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate the register_argc_argv INI directive and make in default to Off in PHP 8.5, then hardcode it to Off for all non-CLI-related SAPIs on PHP 9 (while keeping it hardcoded to On for CLI-related ones)?
Yes
27 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Remove disable_classes INI setting?
Yes
26 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate Reflection*::setAccessible()?
Yes
24 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate ReflectionParameter::allowsNull()?
Yes
9 Votes (47%)
No
10 Votes (53%)
Deprecate ReflectionClass::getConstant() for missing constants?
Yes
25 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate ReflectionProperty::getDefaultValue() for properties without default values?
Yes
22 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate ArrayObject and ArrayIterator with objects?
Yes
26 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate SplObjectStorage::contains(), SplObjectStorage::attach(), and SplObjectStorage::detach()?
Yes
17 Votes (89%)
No
2 Votes (11%)
Deprecate passing spl_autoload_call() to spl_autoload_unregister()?
Yes
23 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate non-canonical type names for settype()?
Yes
8 Votes (44%)
No
10 Votes (56%)
Deprecate the $exclude_disabled parameter of get_defined_functions()?
Yes
23 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate passing null to readdir(), rewinddir(), and closedir()?
Yes
24 Votes (89%)
No
3 Votes (11%)
Deprecate passing string which are not one byte long to ord()?
Yes
20 Votes (83%)
No
4 Votes (17%)
Deprecate passing integers outside the interval [0, 255] to chr()?
Yes
21 Votes (95%)
No
1 Votes (5%)
Formally deprecate socket_set_timeout?
Yes
22 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate the $http_response_header predefined variable?
Yes
22 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate FILTER_DEFAULT constant?
Yes
12 Votes (55%)
No
10 Votes (45%)
Emit a deprecation notice when using the default value for the $filter argument of the filter_*() functions?
Yes
9 Votes (47%)
No
10 Votes (53%)
Deprecate special build system support for drivers without a driver manager?
Yes
16 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate ODBCVER checks?
Yes
15 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate PDO’s uri: scheme?
Yes
22 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING constant?
Yes
8 Votes (40%)
No
12 Votes (60%)
Deprecate driver specific PDO constants and methods?
Yes
17 Votes (74%)
No
6 Votes (26%)
Deprecate statement transaction state specific PDO constants?
Yes
17 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate finfo_close()?
Yes
24 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate xml_parser_free()?
Yes
22 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate curl_close()?
Yes
23 Votes (88%)
No
3 Votes (12%)
Deprecate curl_share_close()?
Yes
23 Votes (88%)
No
3 Votes (12%)
Deprecate imagedestroy()?
Yes
23 Votes (92%)
No
2 Votes (8%)
Deprecate key_length parameter of openssl_pkey_derive()?
Yes
24 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate intl.error_level INI setting?
Yes
22 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Formally deprecate mysqli_execute?
Yes
22 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate building ext/ldap against Oracle LDAP?
Yes
19 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate the $context parameter for finfo_buffer()?
Yes
24 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)
Deprecate DATE_RFC7231 and DateTimeInterface::RFC7231?
Yes
22 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)