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

mariano

Mariano Iglesias

PHP
Positivity over time
Voted RFCs
RFC Question Voted Approval % Correct?
Improved Error Callback Mechanism improved_error_callback Yes 87.5% Yes
Random Functions Throwing Exceptions in PHP 7 Should this RFC be accepted for 7.0 Yes 93.3% Yes
Short Closures Short Closures Yes 42.3% No
Void Return Type Accept the Void Return Type RFC for PHP 7.1 and merge patch into master? Yes 84.1% Yes
Number Format Separator Include a Digit Separator into PHP No 52.6% No
Allow specifying keys in list() Accept the Allow specifying keys in list() RFC for PHP 7.1, and merge the patch into master? Yes 67.6% Yes
Generalize support of negative string offsets Generalize support of negative string offsets Yes 100% Yes
Deprecate (then Remove) Mcrypt Deprecate then Remove Mcrypt from the PHP Core? Yes 79.3% Yes
Warn about invalid strings in arithmetic Accept the Warn about invalid strings in arithmetic v1.1 RFC for PHP 7.1? Yes 96.7% Yes
Null Coalescing Assignment Operator Approve Equal Null Coalesce Operator RFC and merge patch into master? Yes 90.2% Yes
"var" Deprecation Deprecate `var` in 7.1 and remove it from 8.0? Yes 57.4% Yes
IntlTimeZone::getWindowsID() Approve get-windows-id RFC and merge oatch into master? Yes 100% Yes
Catching Multiple Exception Types Should milti-catch be added to PHP 7.1 Yes 87% 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
Fix overflow in octal parsing Raise warning on octal interpolation overflow? Yes 97.4% Yes
Nullable Types Accept explicitly nullable types? (2/3 affirmative required) Yes 95.3% Yes
Nullable Types Merge which features? (majority wins) Both nullable parameter and return types 100% Yes
Attributes What may be used as attribute value? (simple majority wins) Valid PHP constant (number or string) 100% Yes
Attributes Accept PHP Attributes? (2/3+1 majority required) Yes 38.9% No
Functional Interfaces Accept functional interfaces? (2/3+1 majority required) No 24.1% Yes
Closure from callable function Accept Closure from Callble? (50%+1 majority required) Yes 100% Yes
Forbid dynamic calls to scope introspection functions Forbid dynamic calls to scope introspection functions? Yes 97.5% Yes
Callable Prototypes Accept callable prototypes? No 48.6% Yes
Replace "Missing argument" warning with "Too few arguments" exception Replace Yes 78% Yes
Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable? Yes 100% Yes
Add curl_multi_errno(), curl_share_errno() and curl_share_strerror() Should those functions should be added in 7.1 Yes 100% Yes
Typed Properties Merge typed properties ? Yes 59.6% Yes
More precise float value handling Should PG(serialize_precision) be used instead of EG(precision) in json_encode Yes 100% Yes
More precise float value handling Should mode 0 be introduced and set as default for PG(serialize_precision) Yes 100% Yes
Union Types Replace ?QuestionMarkNullables by union | null No 19.2% Yes
Union Types Include true/false types No 17.9% Yes
Union Types Merge union types No 37.9% Yes
Iterable Add iterable type to PHP 7.1 Yes 94.6% Yes
Throw Error in Extensions Merge patch for PHP 7.1 Yes 100% Yes
Asynchronous Signal Handling (without TICKs) Asynchronous Signal Handling Yes 100% Yes
Asynchronous Signal Handling (without TICKs) Chose between old and new behavior in PHP 7.* using Pcntl_async_signals() function 100% Yes
ReflectionType Improvements Accept ReflectionType Improvements RFC? No 38.5% Yes
RNG fixes and changes Replace insecure uses of php_rand() with php_random_bytes() Yes 100% Yes
RNG fixes and changes Fix RAND_RANGE() Yes 100% Yes
RNG fixes and changes Alias rand() to mt_rand() Yes 84% Yes
RNG fixes and changes Make array_rand() more efficient Yes 100% Yes
RNG fixes and changes Fix mt_rand() implementation Yes 79.2% Yes
New operator (short tag) for context-dependent escaping Add new operator (short tag) for context-dependent escaping to next PHP 7.x? No 0% Yes
New operator (short tag) for context-dependent escaping Is the comma suitable as a separation sign? Yes 76.9% Yes
New operator (short tag) for context-dependent escaping Is it needed to wrap the functions into static class? No 0% Yes
New operator (short tag) for context-dependent escaping Is default handler required, with a possibility to fully unregister it? No 0% Yes
Add session_gc() Add session_gc() function Yes 100% Yes
Add session_create_id() function Add session_create_id() frunction Yes 88.9% Yes
Argon2 Password Hash argon2_password_hash_revote Yes 100% Yes
Implement socket_getaddrinfo() Implement socket_getaddrinfo family Yes 100% Yes
E_WARNING for invalid container read array-access E_WARNING for invalid container read array-access Yes 82.6% Yes
Add PHP Engine Identifier Constant Add PHP_ENGINE constant Yes 47.1% No
Add PHP Engine Identifier Constant Add PHP_(*_)ENGINE(_ID) constants Yes 17.6% No
get_class() disallow null parameter get_class() disallow null parameter Yes 83.3% Yes
Counting of non-countable objects Counting of non-countable objects Yes 100% Yes
Security Issue Classification Officially adopt the proposed security issue classification scheme ? Yes 100% Yes
Debugging PDO Prepared Statement Emulation Debugging PDO Prepared Statement Emulation Yes 56.3% Yes
Convert numeric keys in object/array casts Accept the Convert numeric keys in object/array casts RFC for PHP 7.2? Yes 95.5% Yes
User defined session serializer Add user defined session serializer Yes 47.4% No
Debugging PDO Prepared Statement Emulation v2 Debugging PDO Prepared Statement Emulation v2 Yes 87.5% Yes
Parameter Type Widening Parameter Type Widening Yes 82.8% Yes
Throwable error code's type generalization Accept Throwables error code generalization? Yes 54.2% Yes
Deprecations for PHP 7.2 Deprecate and subsequently remove __autoload Yes 97.1% Yes
Migration Hash Context from Resource to Object Change HashContext to an object Yes 100% Yes
Migration Hash Context from Resource to Object Merge one or both diffs Frozen 100% Yes
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in function/method arguments (declarations and calls) Yes 54.5% Yes
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in trait implementations on a class No 19.4% Yes
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in grouped namepaces Yes 76.9% Yes
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in interface implementations on a class No 21.6% Yes
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in use lists for anonymous functions Yes 42.1% No
Trailing Commas In List Syntax Allow trailing commas in class member lists No 19.4% Yes
Deprecate and remove INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003 Deprecate and remove INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003 Yes 100% Yes
list() Reference Assignment list() Reference Assignments Yes 70.8% Yes
Binary String Deprecation Binary String Deprecation Yes 59.4% Yes
Deprecate and Remove Bareword (Unquoted) Strings Raise severity of undefined constants to E_WARNING in 7.2, and Error in 8.0? Yes 100% Yes
Extended String Types For PDO extended-string-types-for-pdo Yes 88.9% Yes
Allow abstract function override Accept abstract function override? No 84.2% No
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? Yes 43.6% No
Implement missing SQLite feature "openBlob" in PDO Implement sqliteOpenBlob in PDO? Yes 50% Yes
Allow a trailing comma in function calls Allow a trailing comma in function calls Yes 75% Yes