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[VOTE] Add BackedEnum::values()

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Mikhail Savin

226 days ago

Hi internals,

This starts the voting phase for the RFC “Add BackedEnum::values()”.

RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum
<https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
Discussion thread: https://externals.io/message/129186
<https://externals.io/message/129186?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
Implementation PR: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/20398

The proposal adds `BackedEnum::values()` returning a 0-based indexed array
of backing values (`int|string`) in declaration order.

Voting is open until: 2026-02-08 00:00:00 UTC.

Thanks,
Mikhail Savin

Derick Rethans

226 days ago

On 18 January 2026 07:31:26 GMT, Mikhail Savin <mikhail.d.savin@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi internals,
>
>This starts the voting phase for the RFC “Add BackedEnum::values()”.
>
>RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum

The voting doesn't allow "Abstain", which is now required.

cheers
Derick

Mikhail Savin

226 days ago

вс, 18 янв. 2026 г. в 13:58, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>:

> On 18 January 2026 07:31:26 GMT, Mikhail Savin <mikhail.d.savin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >Hi internals,
> >
> >This starts the voting phase for the RFC “Add BackedEnum::values()”.
> >
> >RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum
>
>
> The voting doesn't allow "Abstain", which is now required.
>
> cheers
> Derick

Thank you, Derick, fixed it

Tim Düsterhus

226 days ago

Hi Mikhail,

On 1/18/26 08:31, Mikhail Savin wrote:

> This starts the voting phase for the RFC “Add BackedEnum::values()”.

The start of the vote is very surprising to me. I did not feel that a 12
email-discussion was sufficient to properly evaluate a long-term plan
that stretches until PHP 9.0.

It is also in violation of the policy, which requires the discussion to
be recent (the last email in the discussion thread is from 53 days ago,
which requires a 7 day cooldown after a restart of the discussion) and
also an last call “Intent to Vote” announcement (at least 2 days before
the vote) to make sure that the RFC is fresh in the minds of the voters:

https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/feature-proposals.rst#discussion-phase

I'm also noticing that you made a number of significant changes
(including increasing the version number) to the RFC text just today
which folks did not yet have the chance to review and discuss before the
vote:

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1763285697&rev2%5B1%5D=1768720119&difftype=sidebyside

… all while there still are “Open Issues” listed in the RFC. These
should be resolved before the vote.

I therefore request the vote to be canceled for now and discussion
restarted based on the updated version 1.2 of the RFC.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus

Mikhail Savin

226 days ago

вс, 18 янв. 2026 г. в 14:08, Tim Düsterhus <tim@bastelstu.be>:

> Hi Mikhail,
>
> On 1/18/26 08:31, Mikhail Savin wrote:
> > This starts the voting phase for the RFC “Add BackedEnum::values()”.
>
> The start of the vote is very surprising to me. I did not feel that a 12
> email-discussion was sufficient to properly evaluate a long-term plan
> that stretches until PHP 9.0.
>
> It is also in violation of the policy, which requires the discussion to
> be recent (the last email in the discussion thread is from 53 days ago,
> which requires a 7 day cooldown after a restart of the discussion) and
> also an last call “Intent to Vote” announcement (at least 2 days before
> the vote) to make sure that the RFC is fresh in the minds of the voters:
>
>
> https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/feature-proposals.rst#discussion-phase
>
> I'm also noticing that you made a number of significant changes
> (including increasing the version number) to the RFC text just today
> which folks did not yet have the chance to review and discuss before the
> vote:
>
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/add_values_method_to_backed_enum?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1763285697&rev2%5B1%5D=1768720119&difftype=sidebyside
>
> … all while there still are “Open Issues” listed in the RFC. These
> should be resolved before the vote.
>
> I therefore request the vote to be canceled for now and discussion
> restarted based on the updated version 1.2 of the RFC.
>
> Best regards
> Tim Düsterhus
>

Hi, Tim

Thanks for the detailed feedback

I'll close voting and continue discussion thread then

Tim Düsterhus

226 days ago

Hi

On 1/18/26 13:01, Mikhail Savin wrote:

> Thanks for the detailed feedback
>
> I'll close voting and continue discussion thread then

Thank you. I'm seeing that you updated the category in the RFC list page
at https://wiki.php.net/rfc, but didn't actually close the vote on the
RFC itself.

As per
https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/feature-proposals.rst#voting-procedure,
you'll also need to update the voting title to invalidate any existing
votes.

And within the discussion thread you should then send an email
indicating that you updated the RFC to version 1.2 with a short summary
of the changes and asking folks to participate with their opinion! After
a cool-down period of 14 days and no new discussion you can then send an
“Intent to Vote” and open the vote 2-7 days later.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus