PHP Core

cURL

The curl_close() function has been deprecated, as CurlHandle objects are freed automatically.

The curl_share_close() function has been deprecated, as CurlShareHandle objects are freed automatically.

Date

The DATE_RFC7231 and DateTimeInterface::RFC7231 constants have been deprecated. This is because the associated timezone is ignored and always uses GMT.

FileInfo

The finfo_close() function has been deprecated. As finfo objects are freed automatically.

The context parameter of the finfo_buffer() function has been deprecated as it is ignored.

GD

The imagedestroy() function has been deprecated, as GdImage objects are freed automatically.

Hash

The MHASH_* constants have been deprecated.

Intl

The intl.error_level INI setting has been deprecated. Errors should either be checked manually or exceptions should be enabled by using the intl.use_exceptions INI setting.

LDAP

Specific Oracle Instant Client calls and constants have been deprecated. List of affected calls:

• ldap_connect() with wallet support
• ldap_connect_wallet()

List of affected constants:

• GSLC_SSL_NO_UATH
• GSLC_SSL_ONEWAY_UATH
• GSLC_SSL_TWOWAY_UATH

MySQLi

The mysqli_execute() alias function has been deprecated. Use mysqli_stmt_execute() instead.

OpenSSL

The key_length parameter for openssl_pkey_derive() has been deprecated. This is because it is either ignored, or truncates the key, which can be a security vulnerability.

PDO

The "uri:" DSN scheme has been deprecated due to security concerns with DSNs coming from remote URIs.

Driver specific constants in the PDO class have been deprecated. List of affected constants and their replacement:

• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_QUERY_TIMEOUT => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_QUERY_TIMEOUT
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_STRINGIFY_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_STRINGIFY_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_VERSION => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_VERSION
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_TDS_VERSION => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_TDS_VERSION
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_SKIP_EMPTY_ROWSETS => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_SKIP_EMPTY_ROWSETS
• PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_DATETIME_CONVERT => Pdo\Dblib::ATTR_DATETIME_CONVERT
• PDO::FB_ATTR_DATE_FORMAT => Pdo\Firebird::ATTR_DATE_FORMAT
• PDO::FB_ATTR_TIME_FORMAT => Pdo\Firebird::ATTR_TIME_FORMAT
• PDO::FB_ATTR_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT => Pdo\Firebird::ATTR_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_LOCAL_INFILE => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_LOCAL_INFILE
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_LOCAL_INFILE_DIRECTORY => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_LOCAL_INFILE_DIRECTORY
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_INIT_COMMAND
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_READ_DEFAULT_FILE => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_READ_DEFAULT_FILE
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_COMPRESS => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_COMPRESS
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_DIRECT_QUERY => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_DIRECT_QUERY
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_FOUND_ROWS => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_FOUND_ROWS
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_IGNORE_SPACE => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_IGNORE_SPACE
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_KEY
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CERT => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_CERT
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_CA
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CAPATH => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_CAPATH
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CIPHER => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_CIPHER
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SERVER_PUBLIC_KEY => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_SERVER_PUBLIC_KEY
• PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS => Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS
• PDO::ODBC_ATTR_USE_CURSOR_LIBRARY => Pdo\Odbc::ATTR_USE_CURSOR_LIBRARY
• PDO::ODBC_ATTR_ASSUME_UTF8 => Pdo\Odbc::ATTR_ASSUME_UTF8
• PDO::ODBC_SQL_USE_IF_NEEDED => Pdo\Odbc::SQL_USE_IF_NEEDED
• PDO::ODBC_SQL_USE_DRIVER => Pdo\Odbc::SQL_USE_DRIVER
• PDO::ODBC_SQL_USE_ODBC => Pdo\Odbc::SQL_USE_ODBC
• PDO::PGSQL_ATTR_DISABLE_PREPARES => Pdo\Pgsql::ATTR_DISABLE_PREPARES
• PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_EXTENDED_RESULT_CODES => Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_EXTENDED_RESULT_CODES
• PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS => Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS
• PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_READONLY_STATEMENT => Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_READONLY_STATEMENT
• PDO::SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC => Pdo\Sqlite::DETERMINISTIC
• PDO::SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY => Pdo\Sqlite::OPEN_READONLY
• PDO::SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE => Pdo\Sqlite::OPEN_READWRITE
• PDO::SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE => Pdo\Sqlite::OPEN_CREATE

Driver specific methods in the PDO class have been deprecated. List of affected methods and their replacement:

• PDO::pgsqlCopyFromArray() => Pdo\Pgsql::copyFromArray()
• PDO::pgsqlCopyFromFile() => Pdo\Pgsql::copyFromFile()
• PDO::pgsqlCopyToArray() => Pdo\Pgsql::copyToArray()
• PDO::pgsqlCopyToFile() => Pdo\Pgsql::copyToFile()
• PDO::pgsqlGetNotify() => Pdo\Pgsql::getNotify()
• PDO::pgsqlGetPid() => Pdo\Pgsql::getPid()
• PDO::pgsqlLOBCreate() => Pdo\Pgsql::lobCreate()
• PDO::pgsqlLOBOpen() => Pdo\Pgsql::lobOpen()
• PDO::pgsqlLOBUnlink() => Pdo\Pgsql::lobUnlink()
• PDO::sqliteCreateAggregate() => Pdo\Sqlite::createAggregate()
• PDO::sqliteCreateCollation() => Pdo\Sqlite::createCollation()
• PDO::sqliteCreateFunction() => Pdo\Sqlite::createFunction()

PDO_PGSQL

Constants related to transaction states have been deprecated as this feature is unavailable with PDO:

• PDO::PGSQL_TRANSACTION_IDLE
• PDO::PGSQL_TRANSACTION_ACTIVE
• PDO::PGSQL_TRANSACTION_INTRANS
• PDO::PGSQL_TRANSACTION_INERROR
• PDO::PGSQL_TRANSACTION_UNKNOWN

Reflection

The setAccessible() methods of various Reflection objects have been deprecated, as those no longer have an effect.

Calling ReflectionClass::getConstant() for constants that do not exist has been deprecated.

Calling ReflectionProperty::getDefaultValue() for properties without default values has been deprecated.

SPL

Unregistering all autoloaders by passing the spl_autoload_call() function as a callback argument to spl_autoload_unregister() has been deprecated. Instead if this is needed, one should iterate over the return value of spl_autoload_functions() and call spl_autoload_unregister() on each value.

The SplObjectStorage::contains(), SplObjectStorage::attach(), and SplObjectStorage::detach() methods have been deprecated in favour of SplObjectStorage::offsetExists(), SplObjectStorage::offsetSet(), and SplObjectStorage::offsetUnset() respectively.

Using ArrayObject and ArrayIterator with objects has been deprecated.

Standard

The socket_set_timeout() alias function has been deprecated. Use stream_set_timeout() instead.

Passing null to readdir(), rewinddir(), and closedir() to use the last opened directory has been deprecated. Provide the last opened directory explicitly instead.

Passing integers outside the interval [0, 255] to chr() is now deprecated. This is because a byte can only hold a value within this interval.

Passing a string which is not a single byte to ord() is now deprecated, this is indicative of a bug.

The locally predefined variable $http_response_header is deprecated. Instead one should call the http_get_last_response_headers() function.

XML

The xml_parser_free() function has been deprecated, as XMLParser objects are freed automatically.