RFC: Deprecations for PHP 7.3

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This is a draft RFC for multiple deprecations targeting PHP 7.3. The RFC proposes to deprecate the listed functionality in PHP 7.3 and remove it in PHP 8.

Deprecate (and subsequently remove) undocumented mbstring function aliases?

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Yes
37 Votes (97%)
No
1 Votes (3%)

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Deprecate (and subsequently remove) integer needles in string search functions?

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Yes
32 Votes (97%)
No
1 Votes (3%)

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Deprecate (and subsequently remove) fgetss() (and variations) and the string.strip_tags filter?

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Yes
20 Votes (83%)
No
4 Votes (17%)

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Deprecate (and subsequently remove) support for defining a free-standing assert() function?

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Yes
20 Votes (74%)
No
7 Votes (26%)

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Deprecate (and subsequently remove) FILTER_FLAG_(SCHEME|HOST)_REQUIRED flags?

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Yes
31 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)

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Deprecate (and subsequently remove) pdo_odbc.db2_instance_name php.ini directive?

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Yes
29 Votes (100%)
No
0 Votes (0%)

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