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@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ PHP NEWS
- Changed PCRE, SPL and reflection extensions to always be enabled. (Marcus)
- Changed md5() to use improved implementation. (Solar Designer, Dmitry)
-- Changed mhash to be a wrapper layer around the hash extension. (Scott)
- Changed HTTP stream wrapper to accept any code between and including
200 to 399 as successful. (Mike, Noah Fontes)
@@ -73,7 +72,8 @@ PHP NEWS
second usage. (Dmitry)
. Optimized ZEND_FETCH_CLASS + ZEND_ADD_INTERFACE into single
ZEND_ADD_INTERFACE opcode (Dmitry)
- . Optimized string searching for a single character. (Michal Dziemianko, Scott)
+ . Optimized string searching for a single character.
+ (Michal Dziemianko, Scott)
. Optimized interpolated strings to use one less opcode. (Matt)
- Improved php.ini handling: (Jani)
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ PHP NEWS
. Added "params" as optional parameter for stream_context_create(). (Sara)
. Added ability to use stream wrappers in include_path. (Gregory, Dmitry)
+- Improved hash extension:
+ . Changed mhash to be a wrapper layer around the hash extension. (Scott)
+ . Added hash_copy() function. (Tony)
+ . Added sha224 hash algorithm to the hash extension. (Scott)
+
+- Improved mbstring extension:
+ . Added "mbstring.http_output_conv_mimetypes" INI directive that allows
+ common non-text types such as "application/xhtml+xml" to be converted
+ by mb_output_handler(). (Moriyoshi)
+
- Improved OCI8 extension:
. Added Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) and Fast
Application Notification (FAN) support. (Oracle Corp.)
@@ -129,11 +139,6 @@ PHP NEWS
. Added support for OpenSSL digest and cipher functions.
. Added access to internal values of DSA, RSA and DH keys.
-- Improved mbstring extension:
- . Added "mbstring.http_output_conv_mimetypes" INI directive that allows
- common non-text types such as "application/xhtml+xml" to be converted
- by mb_output_handler(). (Moriyoshi)
-
- Improved pcntl extension: (Arnaud)
. Added pcntl_signal_dispatch()
. Added pcntl_sigprocmask()
@@ -168,18 +173,16 @@ PHP NEWS
perform class declaration (early and/or run-time binding) in exactly
the same order as vanilla PHP. (Dmitry)
-- Improved crypt() function (Pierre)
- . add Blowfish (using implementation from Solar Designer <solar at openwall
- dot com>) and extended DES support
- . Make crypt features portable:
- . if no crypt_r, php's implemetation is used (all algo and TS), php can't
- be used with unsafe crypt anymore
- . if one algo is missing, php's implemetation is used
- . Windows always use php's implementation
+- Improved crypt() function: (Pierre)
+ . Added Blowfish and extended DES support. (Using Blowfish implementation
+ from Solar Designer).
+ . Made crypt features portable by providing our own implementations
+ for crypt_r and the algorithms which are used when OS does not provide
+ them. PHP implementations are always used for Windows builds.
- Added new extensions:
- . Added fileinfo extension. (Derick)
- . Added intl extension for Internationalization. (Ed B., Vladimir I.
+ . Added fileinfo extension as replacement for mime_magic extension. (Derick)
+ . Added intl extension for Internationalization. (Ed B., Vladimir I.,
Dmitry L., Stanislav M., Vadim S., Kirti V.)
. Added mysqlnd extension as replacement for libmysql for ext/mysql, mysqli
and PDO_mysql. (Andrey, Johannes, Ulf)
@@ -229,11 +232,9 @@ PHP NEWS
number of occurences.
- Added array_replace() and array_replace_recursive() functions. (Matt)
-- Added hash_copy() function. (Tony)
-- Added sha224 hash algorithm to the hash extension. (Scott)
- Added ReflectionProperty::setAccessible() method that allows non-public
property's values to be read through ::getValue(). (Derick)
-- Added msg_queue_exists() function. (Benjamin Schulz)
+- Added msg_queue_exists() function to sysvmsg extension. (Benjamin Schulz)
- Added Firebird specific attributes that can be set via PDO::setAttribute()
to control formatting of date/timestamp columns: PDO::FB_ATTR_DATE_FORMAT,
PDO::FB_ATTR_TIME_FORMAT and PDO::FB_ATTR_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT. (Lars W)