Why can't we have nice things
Tracker of PHP RFCs since 1873

dragoonis

Paul Dragoonis

PHP
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Voted RFCs
RFC Question Voted Approval % Correct?
Allow arbitrary expression arguments to empty() and isset() Which of the language constructs should accept arbitrary arguments? Only empty() 81% Yes
Adding hash_pbkdf2 Function rfc/hash_pbkdf2 Yes 100% Yes
Supports finally keyword Should the implementation be merged into trunk? Yes 83.3% Yes
ext/intl::UConverter Should the current UConverter implementation be merged Yes 100% Yes
ext/mysql deprecation Should ext/mysql generate E_DEPRECATED errors in PHP 5.5? Yes 67.6% Yes
ext/mysql deprecation If the vote to make ext/mysql generate E_DEPRECATED errors is unsuccessful, what course of action do you think we should take? (a) 100% Yes
Define PHP 5.3 end of life Which EOL period should we choose? One year with security fixes only, announce with 5.5 final release 100% Yes
Internal operator overloading and GMP improvements Should these changes be applied for PHP 5.6? GMP changes 88.2% Yes
Uniform Variable Syntax Implement Uniform Variable Syntax in PHP 6? Yes 96.8% Yes
Catchable "call to a member function of a non-object" Catchable Call to a member function bar() on a non-object Yes 100% Yes
Name of Next Release of PHP Shall the name of PHP NEXT be PHP 6, or PHP 7? PHP 7 100% Yes
Move the phpng branch into master Move phpng to master? Yes 95.9% Yes
Abstract syntax tree Use AST implementation in PHP 7? Yes 100% Yes
Closure::call Closure::apply() (Approve RFC and merge into master?) Yes 100% Yes
Integer Semantics Accept the integer semantics RFC and merge patch into master? Yes 66.7% Yes
loop + or control structure Loop + or control structure in PHP 7 No 26.7% Yes
Filtered unserialize() Approve filtered unserialize() proposal? No 73.9% No
PHP 7.0 timeline php7timeline Yes 94.4% Yes
Access to aliases definition by reflection Access to aliases definition by reflection No 9.1% Yes
Unicode Codepoint Escape Syntax Accept the Unicode Codepoint Escape Syntax RFC and merge into master? Yes 92% Yes
Static classes Static classes No 29.4% Yes
Native TLS Native TLS Yes 100% Yes
Objects as hash keys Should we support using objects as keys as described in this proposal? No 20% Yes
Remove hex support in numeric strings Remove hex support in numeric strings? Yes 100% Yes
Return Type Declarations Typed Returns Yes 94% Yes
Default constructors Should PHP 7 have default constructor semantics as described in this proposal? No 57.4% No
Preserve Fractional Part in JSON encode Preserve Fractional Part in JSON encode Yes 100% Yes
Turn gc_collect_cycles into function pointer Turn gc_collect_cycles into function pointer? Yes 100% Yes
Fix "foreach" behavior Fix foreach behavoir? Yes 97.1% Yes
Fix "foreach" behavior Stop using internal array/object pointer in foreach by reference? Yes 97.1% Yes
Scalar Type Hints Accept the Scalar Type Hints RFC and merge patch into master? No 66.3% No
Scalar Type Hints Type aliases Do not reserve 77% No
Scalar Type Hints Reserve type names if RFC does not pass? No 80.9% No
Group Use Declarations Should Grouped Use Declarations be added to PHP 7 No 67.2% No
Expectations Merge changes into master? Yes, with custom exceptions 97.7% Yes
Remove the date.timezone warning Should the warning about a not set date.timezone ini setting be removed in master? Yes 74.4% Yes
Remove PHP 4 Constructors remove_php4_constructors Yes 92.6% Yes
Exceptions in the engine (for PHP 7) Allow exceptions in the engine and conversion of existing fatals? Yes 96.8% Yes
Exceptions in the engine (for PHP 7) Introduce and use BaseException? No 67.2% No
Make empty() a Variadic Make empty() a Variadic Yes 50% Yes
Generator Return Expressions Allow Generator return expressions in PHP7 Yes 100% Yes
Context Sensitive Lexer Should PHP7 have a context sensitive lexer? No 75% No
Scalar Type Declarations Accept Scalar Type Declarations With Optional Strict Mode? Yes 69.2% Yes
Constructor behaviour of internal classes Constructor behaviour of internal classes Yes 97% Yes
Reserve Even More Types in PHP 7 Reserved Type: scalar Yes 64.2% Yes
Reserve Even More Types in PHP 7 Reserved Type: resource Yes 69% Yes
Reserve Even More Types in PHP 7 Reserved Type: mixed Yes 73.2% Yes
Reserve Even More Types in PHP 7 Reserved Type: numeric Yes 78.6% Yes
Reserve Even More Types in PHP 7 Reserved Type: object Yes 81.8% Yes
Easy User-land CSPRNG Reliable user-land CSPRNG Yes 100% Yes
Void Return Type Accept the Void Return Type RFC for PHP 7.1 and merge patch into master? Yes 84.1% Yes
PHP 5 Support Timeline Extend the support timeline to: 1 year Active Support 2 years Security Support 100% Yes
PHP 5 Support Timeline Extend the support timeline of PHP 5? Yes 95.5% Yes
Null Coalescing Assignment Operator Approve Equal Null Coalesce Operator RFC and merge patch into master? Yes 90.2% Yes
Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment Accept the RFC Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment for PHP 7.1? Yes 100% Yes
Nullable Types Merge which features? (majority wins) Both nullable parameter and return types 100% Yes
Closure from callable function Accept Closure from Callble? (50%+1 majority required) Yes 100% Yes
Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable? Yes 100% Yes
Replace "Missing argument" warning with "Too few arguments" exception Replace Yes 78% Yes
Object typehint Accepting the object typehint RFC for PHP 7.2? Yes 91.4% Yes
Object typehint Object type should implement variance? No 33.3% Yes
Same Site Cookie Add samesite argument to setcookie, setrawcookie and session_set_cookie_params functions? No 0% Yes
Same Site Cookie Allow setcookie, setrawcookie and session_set_cookie_params to accept an array of options as fourth/second parameter, with the possible options being path, domain, secure, httponly and samesite? Yes 87.5% Yes
UUID Add UUID value object to PHP standard module? No 43.6% Yes