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06 Jul 2017, PHP 7.2.0alpha3

- Core:
  . Fixed bug #74780 (parse_url() broken when query string contains colon). 
    (jhdxr)
  . Fixed bug #74761 (Unary operator expected error on some systems). (petk)
  . Allow loading PHP/Zend extensions by name in ini files (extension=<name>).
    (francois at tekwire dot net)
  . Added object type annotation. (brzuchal)
  . Fixed bug #74815 (crash with a combination of INI entries at startup).
    (Anatol)
  . Fixed bug #74836 (isset on zero-prefixed numeric indexes in array broken).
    (Dmitry)

- CLI:
  . Fixed bug #74849 (Process is started as interactive shell in PhpStorm).
    (Anatol)

- OpenSSL:
  . Fixed bug #74798 (pkcs7_en/decrypt does not work if \x0a is used in content).
    (Anatol)

- SPL:
  . Fixed bug #73471 (PHP freezes with AppendIterator). (jhdxr)
  . Fixed bug #71412 (Incorrect arginfo for ArrayIterator::__construct).
    (tysonandre775 at hotmail dot com)

- Session:
  . Fixed bug #74514 (5 session functions incorrectly warn when calling in
    read-only/getter mode). (Yasuo)

- Standard:
  . Add support for extension name as argument to dl().
    (francois at tekwire dot net)

- zlib:
  . Fixed bug #73944 (dictionary option of inflate_init() does not work).
    (wapmorgan)
  . Expose inflate_get_status() and inflate_get_read_len() functions.
    (Matthew Trescott)

22 Jun 2017, PHP 7.2.0alpha2

- Core:
  . Change PHP_OS_FAMILY value from "OSX" to "Darwin". (sb, kalle)

- GD:
  . Fixed bug #74744 (gd.h: stdarg.h include missing for va_list use in
    gdErrorMethod). (rainer dot jung at kippdata dot de, cmb)

- OCI8:
  . Add TAF callback (PR #2459). (KoenigsKind)
  . Fixed bug #74625 (Integer overflow in oci_bind_array_by_name). (Ingmar Runge)

- OpenSSL:
  . Fixed bug #74720 (pkcs7_en/decrypt does not work if \x1a is used in
    content). (Anatol)
  . Use TLS_ANY for default ssl:// and tls:// negotiation. (kelunik)
  . Fix leak in openssl_spki_new(). (jelle at vdwaa dot nl)
  . Added openssl_pkcs7_read() and pk7 parameter to openssl_pkcs7_verify().
    (jelle at vdwaa dot nl)

- PDO_OCI:
  . Fixed Bug #74537 (Align --with-pdo-oci configure option with --with-oci8 syntax).
    (Tianfang Yang)

- Standard:
  . Compatibility with libargon2 versions 20161029 and 20160821.
    (charlesportwoodii at erianna dot com)
  . Fixed Bug #74737 (mysqli_get_client_info reflection info).
    (mhagstrand at gmail dot com)

- Streams:
  . Default ssl/single_dh_use and ssl/honor_cipher_order to true. (kelunik)

- SQLite3:
  . Update to Sqlite 3.19.3. (cmb)
  . Implement writing to blobs. (bohwaz at github dot com)

08 Jun 2017, PHP 7.2.0alpha1

- Core:
  . Added ZEND_COUNT, ZEND_GET_CLASS, ZEND_GET_CALLED_CLASS, ZEND_GET_TYPE,
    ZEND_FUNC_NUM_ARGS, ZEND_FUNC_GET_ARGS instructions, to implement
    corresponding builtin functions. (Dmitry)
  . "Countable" interface is moved from SPL to Core. (Dmitry)
  . Added ZEND_IN_ARRAY instruction, implementing optimized in_array() builtin
    function, through hash lookup in flipped array. (Dmitry)
  . Removed IS_TYPE_IMMUTABLE (it's the same as COPYABLE & !REFCOUNTED). (Dmitry)
  . Removed the sql.safe_mode directive. (Kalle)
  . Removed support for Netware. (Kalle)
  . Renamed ReflectionClass::isIterateable() to ReflectionClass::isIterable()
    (alias original name for BC). (Sara)
  . Fixed bug #54535 (WSA cleanup executes before MSHUTDOWN). (Kalle)
  . Implemented FR #69791 (Disallow mail header injections by extra headers)
    (Yasuo)
  . Implemented FR #49806 (proc_nice() for Windows). (Kalle)
  . Fix pthreads detection when cross-compiling (ffontaine)
  . Fixed memory leaks caused by exceptions thrown from destructors. (Bob,
    Dmitry).
  . Fixed bug #73215 (uniqid() should use better random source). (Yasuo)
  . Fixed bug #73337 (try/catch not working with two exceptions inside a same
    operation). (Dmitry)
  . Implemented FR #72768 (Add ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING flag for
    php.exe). (Michele Locati)
  . Implemented "Convert numeric keys in object/array casts" RFC, fixes
    bugs #53838, #61655, #66173, #70925, #72254, etc. (Andrea)
  . Implemented "Deprecate and Remove Bareword (Unquoted) Strings" RFC.
    (Rowan Collins)
  . Raised minimum supported Windows versions to Windows 7/Server 2008 R2.
    (Anatol)
  . Implemented minor optimization in array_keys/array_values(). (Sara)
  . Fixed bug #73969 (segfault in debug_print_backtrace). (andrewnester)
  . Added PHP_OS_FAMILY constant to determine on which OS we are. (Jan Altensen)
  . Fixed bug #73994 (arginfo incorrect for unpack). (krakjoe)
  . Fixed bug #73973 (assertion error in debug_zval_dump). (andrewnester)
  . Fixed bug #73987 (Method compatibility check looks to original 
    definition and not parent). (pmmaga)
  . Fixed bug #73991 (JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY not respected). (Sara)
  . Fixed bug #74053 (Corrupted class entries on shutdown when a destructor
    spawns another object). (jim at commercebyte dot com)
  . Fixed bug #73971 (Filename got limited to MAX_PATH on Win32 when scan
    directory). (Anatol)
  . Fixed bug #74149 (static embed SAPI linkage error). (krakjoe)
  . Fixed bug #72359, bug #72451, bug #73706, bug #71115 and others related
    to interned strings handling in TS builds. (Anatol, Dmitry)
  . Implemented "Trailing Commas In List Syntax" RFC for group use lists only.
    (Sammy Kaye Powers)
  . Fixed bug #74269 (It's possible to override trait property with different
    loosely-equal value). (pmmaga)
  . Fixed bug #61970 (Restraining __construct() access level in subclass gives
    a fatal error). (pmmaga)
  . Fixed bug #63384 (Cannot override an abstract method with an abstract
    method). (pmmaga, wes)
  . Fixed bug #74607 (Traits enforce different inheritance rules). (pmmaga)
  . Fixed misparsing of abstract unix domain socket names. (Sara)

- BCMath:
  . Fixed bug #46564 (bcmod truncates fractionals). (liborm85)

- Calendar:
  . Fix integer overflows (Joshua Rogers)

- Date:
  . Fixed bug #55407 (Impossible to prototype DateTime::createFromFormat).
    (kelunik)
  . Fixed bug #69587 (DateInterval properties and isset). (jhdxr)
  . Fixed bug #74404 (Wrong reflection on DateTimeZone::getTransitions).
    (krakjoe)
  . Fixed bug #74080 (add constant for RFC7231 format datetime). (duncan3dc)
  . Fixed bug #74639 (implement clone for DatePeriod and DateInterval).
    (andrewnester)
  . Implemented FR #71520 (Adding the DateTime constants to the
    DateTimeInterface interface). (Majkl578)

- Dba:
  . Fixed bug #72885 (flatfile: dba_fetch() fails to read replaced entry).
    (Anatol)

- DOM:
  . Fixed bug #67474 (getElementsByTagNameNS filter on default ns). (aboks)
  . Fixed bug #54382 (getAttributeNodeNS doesn't get xmlns* attributes).
    (aboks)
  . Fixed bug #74004 (LIBXML_NOWARNING (etc) ignored by DOMDocument::loadHTML).
    (somedaysummer)

- EXIF:
  . Added support for vendor specific tags for the following formats:
    Samsung, DJI, Panasonic, Sony, Pentax, Minolta, Sigma/Foveon, AGFA, 
	Kyocera, Ricoh & Epson. (Kalle)
  . Fixed bug #72682 (exif_read_data() fails to read all data for some
    images). (Kalle)
  . Fixed bug #71534 (Type confusion in exif_read_data() leading to heap
    overflow in debug mode). (hlt99 at blinkenshell dot org, Kalle)
  . Fixed bug #68547 (Exif Header component value check error).
    (sjh21a at gmail dot com, Kalle)
  . Fixed bug #66443 (Corrupt EXIF header: maximum directory nesting level
    reached for some cameras). (Kalle)
  . Fixed Redhat bug #1362571 (PHP not returning full results for
    exif_read_data function). (Kalle)

- FPM:
  . Configuration to limit fpm slow log trace callers. (Sannis)
  . Fixed bug #69865 (php-fpm does not close stderr when using syslog). 
    (Mike)

- FTP:
  . Fixed bug #74598 (ftp:// wrapper ignores context arg). (Sara)
  . Implement MLSD for structured listing of directories. (blar)

- GD:
  . Implemented imageresolution as getter and setter (Christoph)
  . Fixed bug #74343 (compile fails on solaris 11 with system gd2 library).
    (krakjoe)

- GMP:
  . Fixed bug #70896 (gmp_fact() silently ignores non-integer input). (Sara)

- hash:
  . Fixed bug #73961 (environmental build dependency in hash sha3 source).
    (krakjoe)
  . Changed HashContext from resource to object. (Rouven Weßling, Sara)

- intl:
  . Fixed bug #74433 (wrong reflection for Normalizer methods). (villfa)
  . Fixed bug #74439 (wrong reflection for Locale methods). (villfa)
  . Fixed bug #74468 (wrong reflection on Collator::sortWithSortKeys). (villfa)
  . Fixed bug #63790 (test using Spoofchecker which may be unavailable). (Sara)

- Mbstring:
  . Implemented request #66024 (mb_chr() and mb_ord()). (Masakielastic, Yasuo)
  . Implemented request #65081 (mb_scrub()). (Masakielastic, Yasuo)
  . Implemented request #69086 (enhancement for mb_convert_encoding() that
    handles multibyte replacement char nicely). (Masakielastic, Yasuo)
  . Added array input support to mb_convert_encoding(). (Yasuo)
  . Added array input support to mb_check_encoding(). (Yasuo)
  . Fixed bug #69079 (enhancement for mb_substitute_character). (masakielastic)
  . Update to oniguruma version 6.3.0. (Remi)

- Mcrypt:
  . The deprecated mcrypt extension has been moved to PECL. (leigh)

- MySQLi:
  . Fixed bug #73949 (leak in mysqli_fetch_object). (krakjoe)

- mysqlnd:
  . Fixed bug #73800 (sporadic segfault with MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE). 
	(vanviegen)

- OpenSSL:
  . Fixed bug #71519 (add serial hex to return value array). (xrobau)

- PCRE:
  . Added support for PCRE JIT fast path API. (dmitry)
  . Fixed bug #61780 (Inconsistent PCRE captures in match results). (cmb)

- PDO:
  . Add "Sent SQL" to debug dump for emulated prepares. (Adam Baratz)
  . Add parameter types for national character set strings. (Adam Baratz)

- PDO_DBlib:
  . Fixed bug #73234 (Emulated statements let value dictate parameter type).
    (Adam Baratz)
  . Fixed bug #73396 (bigint columns are returned as strings). (Adam Baratz)
  . Expose DB-Library version as \PDO::DBLIB_ATTR_VERSION attribute on \PDO
    instance. (Adam Baratz)
  . Add test coverage for bug #72969. (Jeff Farr)

- PDO_OCI:
  . Fixed bug #54379 (PDO_OCI: UTF-8 output gets truncated). (gureedo / Oracle)

- PDO_PgSQL:
  . Fixed bug #73959 (lastInsertId fails to throw an exception for wrong 
    sequence name). (andrewnester)

- PDO_Sqlite
  . Switch to sqlite3_prepare_v2() and sqlite3_close_v2() functions (rasmus)

- phar:
  . Fixed bug #74383 (phar method parameters reflection correction). 
    (mhagstrand)
  . Fixed bug #74196 (phar does not correctly handle names containing dots).
    (mhagstrand)
  . Fixed bug #74386 (Phar::__construct reflection incorrect). (villfa)

- PHPDBG
  . Added extended_value to opcode dump output. (Sara)

- posix:
  . Fixed bug #71219 (configure script incorrectly checks for ttyname_r). (atoh)

- Session:
  . Fixed bug #73461 (Prohibit session save handler recursion). (Yasuo)
  . PR #2233 Removed register_globals related code and "!" can be used as $_SESSION key name. (Yasuo)
  . Improved bug #73100 fix. 'user' save handler can only be set by session_set_save_handler()
  . Fixed bug #69582 (session not readable by root in CLI). (EvgeniySpinov)

- SOAP:
  . Fixed bug #69137 (Peer verification fails when using a proxy with SoapClient)
    (Keith Smiley)

- SQLite3:
  . Update to Sqlite 3.18.0. (cmb)
  . Fixed bug #74413 (incorrect reflection for SQLite3::enableExceptions).
    (krakjoe)

- Standard:
  . Add subject to mail log. (tomsommer)
  . Fixed bug #31875 (get_defined_functions additional param to exclude
	disabled functions). (willianveiga)
  . Fixed bug #69442 (closing of fd incorrect when PTS enabled). (jaytaph)
  . Fixed bug #72974 (imap is undefined service on AIX). (matthieu.sarter)
  . Fixed bug #72979 (money_format stores wrong length AIX). (matthieu.sarter)
  . Fixed bug #74300 (unserialize accepts two plus/minus signs for float number exponent part).
    (xKerman)
  . Fixed bug #74556 (stream_socket_get_name() returns '\0'). (Sara)

- XML:
  . Moved utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() to the Standard extension. (Andrea)
  . Fixed bug #72135 (malformed XML causes fault) (edgarsandi)

- xmlreader:
  . Fixed bug #74457 (Wrong reflection on XMLReader::expand). (villfa)

- XMLRPC:
  . Use Zend MM for allocation in bundled libxmlrpc (Joe)

- ZIP:
  . Add support for encrypted archives. (Remi)
  . Use of bundled libzip is deprecated, --with-libzip option is recommended. (Remi)
  . Fixed Bug #73803 (Reflection of ZipArchive does not show public properties). (Remi)

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