PHP 7.1 UPGRADE NOTES

1. Backward Incompatible Changes
2. New Features
3. Changes in SAPI modules
4. Deprecated Functionality
5. Changed Functions
6. New Functions
7. New Classes and Interfaces
8. Removed Extensions and SAPIs
9. Other Changes to Extensions
10. New Global Constants
11. Changes to INI File Handling
12. Windows Support
13. Other Changes


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1. Backward Incompatible Changes
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- Core:
  . gettype() will now return "resource (closed)" instead of "unknown type" for
    closed resources.
  . is_object() will now return true for objects of class
    __PHP_Incomplete_Class.

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2. New Features
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3. Changes in SAPI modules
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4. Deprecated Functionality
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5. Changed Functions
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6. New Functions
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- Mbstring:
  . Added mb_chr() and mb_ord().
  . Added mb_scurb() that scrub broken multibyte strings.

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7. New Classes and Interfaces
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8. Removed Extensions and SAPIs
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9. Other Changes to Extensions
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- EXIF:
   . Added extended exif tag support for the following formats: 
     Samsung, DJI, Panasonic, Sony, Pentax, Minolta & Sigma/Foveon.

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10. New Global Constants
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11. Changes to INI File Handling
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- sql.safe_mode
  . This INI directive have been removed.

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12. Windows Support
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13. Other Changes
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