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NEWS

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-?? ??? 200?, PHP 5.3.0 Alpha 3
-- Upgraded bundled PCRE to version 7.8. (Nuno)
-- Upgraded bundled sqlite to version 3.6.6.2. (Scott, Ilia)
-
-- Moved ext/msql to PECL. (Derick, Lukas)
-
-- Removed ext/mhash, the BC layer is now entirely within ext/hash. (Scott)
-
-- Changed error level E_ERROR into E_WARNING in Soap extension methods
-  parameter validation. (Felipe)
-- Changed openssl info to show the shared library version number. (Scott)
-- Changed floating point behaviour to consistently use double precision on all
-  platforms and with all compilers. (Christian Seiler)
-- Changed round() to act more intuitively when rounding to a certain precision
-  and to correctly round very large and very small exponents. (Christian Seiler)
-- Changed fileinfo to no longer send errors to stderr. (Scott)
-
-- Added support for namespaces with brackets. (Greg)
-- Added stream_cast() and stream_set_options() to user-space stream wrappers,
-  allowing stream_select(), stream_set_blocking(), stream_set_timeout() and 
-  stream_set_write_buffer() to work with user-space stream wrappers. (Arnaud)
-- Added header_remove() function. (chsc at peytz dot dk, Arnaud)
-- Added stream_context_get_params() function. (Arnaud)
-- Added optional parameter "new" to sybase_connect(). (Timm)
-- Added parse_ini_string() function. (grange at lemonde dot fr, Arnaud) 
-- Added str_getcsv() function. (Sara)
-- Added openssl_random_pseudo_bytes() function. (Scott)
-- Added ability to send user defined HTTP headers with SOAP request.
-  (Brian J.France, Dmitry)
-- Added concatenation option to bz2.decompress stream filter.
-  (Keisial at gmail dot com, Greg)
-- Added support for using compressed connections with PDO_mysql. (Johannes)
-- Implemented FR #46595 (Use cc as the default compiler). (David Soria Parra)
-- Implemented FR #46513 (Missing compiler flags for suncc). 
-  (David Soria Parra)
-
-- Deprecated define_syslog_variables(). (Kalle)
-- Deprecated ereg extension. (Felipe)
-
-- Fixed bug causing the algorithm parameter of mhash() to be modified. (Scott)
-- Fixed invalid calls to free when internal fileinfo magic file is used. (Scott)
-- Fixed memory leak inside wddx_add_vars() function. (Felipe)
-- Synced changes from libmagic 4.26 to bundled libmagic. (Scott)
-- Fixed check in recode extension to allow builing of recode and mysql
-  extensions when using a recent libmysql. (Johannes)
-
-- Fixed bug #46731 (Missing validation for the options parameter of the
-  imap_fetch_overview() function). (Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #46711 (cURL curl_setopt leaks memory in foreach loops).
-  (magicaltux [at] php [dot] net)
-- Fixed bug #46578 (strip_tags() does not honor end-of-comment when it 
-  encounters a single quote). (Felipe)
-- Fixed bug #46546 (Segmentation fault when using declare statement with
-  non-string value). (Felipe)
-- Fixed bug #46421 (SplFileInfo not correctly handling /). (Etienne)
-- Fixed bug #46409 (__invoke method called outside of object context when using
-  array_map). (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #46331 - (Segfault when using internal fileinfo magic file on big
-  endian systems). (Scott)
-- Fixed bug #46285 (lastInsertId() returns "0" when a deferenced PDOStatement is
-  executed). (Johannes)
-- Fixed bug #46241 (stacked error handlers, internal error handling in general). 
-  (Etienne)
-- Fixed bug #46238 (Segmentation fault on static call with empty string method).
-  (Felipe)
-- Fixed bug #46205 (Closure - Memory leaks when ReflectionException is thrown).
-  (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #46194 (SIGSEGV when requested file is not found). (Greg)
-- Fixed bug #46192 (ArrayObject with objects as storage serialization).
-  (Etienne)
-- Fixed bug #46185 (importNode changes the namespace of an XML element). (Rob)
-- Fixed bug #46178 (memory leak in ext/phar). (Greg)
-- Fixed bug #46160 (SPL - Memory leak when exception is thrown in offsetSet).
-  (Felipe)
-- Fixed Bug #46147 (after stream seek, appending stream filter reads incorrect data).
-  (Greg)
-- Fixed bug #46127 (php_openssl_tcp_sockop_accept forgets to set context
-  on accepted stream) (Mark Karpeles, Pierre)
-- Fixed bug #46115 (Memory leak when calling a method using Reflection).
-  (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #46106 (Memory leaks when using global statement). (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #46099 (Xsltprocessor::setProfiling - memory leak). (Felipe, Rob).
-- Fixed bug #46087 (DOMXPath - segfault on destruction of a cloned object).
-  (Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #46086 (Segfault when accessing fileinfo class properties).
-  (Scott)
-- Fixed bug #46071 (finfo_open() segfaults when using wrong file name on BSD).
-  (Felipe)
-- Fixed bug #46060 (Phar::addEmptyDir() breaks) (Greg)
-- Fixed bug #46042 (memory leaks with reflection of mb_convert_encoding()).
-  (Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #46039 (ArrayObject iteration is slow). (Arnaud)
-- Fixed bug #46033 (Direct instantiation of SQLite3stmt and SQLite3result 
-  cause a segfault.) (Scott)
-- Fixed bug #45976 (Moved SXE from SPL to SimpleXML). (Etienne)
-- Fixed bug #45928 (large scripts from stdin are stripped at 16K border).
-  (Christian Schneider, Arnaud)
-- Fixed bug #45911 (Cannot disable ext/hash). (Arnaud)
-- Fixed bug #45907 (undefined reference to 'PHP_SHA512Init'). (Greg)
-- Fixed bug #45392 (ob_start()/ob_end_clean() and memory_limit). (Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #45382 (timeout bug in stream_socket_enable_crypto).
-  (vnegrier at optilian dot com, Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #44575 (parse_ini_file comment # line problems). (Arnaud)
-- Fixed bug #44135 (PDO MySQL does not support CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS). (Johannes,
-  chx1975 at gmail dot com)
-- Fixed bug #44153 (pdo->errorCode() returns NULL when there are no errors). 
-  (David C.)
-- Fixed bug #44154 (pdo->errorInfo() always have three elements in the
-  returned array). (David C.)
-- Fixed bug #43069 (SoapClient causes 505 HTTP Version not supported error
-  message). (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #41534 (SoapClient over HTTPS fails to reestablish connection).
-  (Dmitry)
-
-
 02 Sep 2008, PHP 5.3.0 Alpha 2
 - Removed special treatment of "/tmp" in sessions for open_basedir.
   Note: This undocumented behaviour was introduced in 5.2.2. (Alexey)
@@ -144,31 +29,32 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Fixed a bug causing miscalculations with the "last <weekday> of <n> month"
   relative time string. (Derick)
 
-- Fixed bug #46110 (XMLWriter - openmemory() and openuri() leak memory on
-  multiple calls). (Ilia)
-- Fixed bug #46032 (PharData::__construct() wrong memory read). (Greg)
 - Fixed bug #45826 (custom ArrayObject serialization). (Etienne)
 - Fixed bug #45798 (sqlite3 doesn't notice if variable was bound). (Felipe)
 - Fixed bug #45786 (FastCGI process exited unexpectedly). (Dmitry)
 - Fixed bug #45763 (mysqli::multi_query does not work with mysqlnd). (Johannes)
 - Fixed bug #45757 (FreeBSD4.11 build failure: failed include; stdint.h).
   (Hannes)
-- Fixed bug #45743 (property_exists fails to find static protected member in
+- Fixed bug #45743 (property_exists fails to find static protected member in 
   child class). (Felipe)
 - Fixed bug #45717 (Fileinfo/libmagic build fails, missing err.h and getopt.h).
   (Derick)
 - Fixed bug #45706 (Unserialization of classes derived from ArrayIterator
   fails). (Etienne, Dmitry)
 - Fixed bug #45696 (Not all DateTime methods allow method chaining). (Derick)
+- Fixed bug #43668 (Added odbc.default_cursortype to control the ODBC
+  cursormodel). (Patrick)
+- Fixed bug #43666 (Fixed code to use ODBC 3.52 datatypes for 64bit systems). 
+  (Patrick)
 - Fixed bug #45636 (fileinfo ext duplicate strndup). (Derick)
 - Fixed bug #45545 (DateInterval has 4 char limitation for ISO durations).
   (Derick)
 - Fixed bug #45447 (Filesystem time functions on Vista and server 2008).
   (Pierre)
-- Fixed bug #45384 (parse_ini_file will result in parse error with no trailing
+- Fixed bug #45384 (parse_ini_file will result in parse error with no trailing 
   newline). (Arnaud)
 - Fixed bug #45044 (relative paths not resolved correctly). (Dmitry)
-- Fixed bug #44842 (parse_ini_file keys that start/end with underscore).
+- Fixed bug #44842 (parse_ini_file keys that start/end with underscore). 
   (Arnaud)
 - Fixed bug #44100 (Inconsistent handling of static array declarations with
   duplicate keys). (Dmitry)
@@ -210,14 +96,17 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Improved syntax highlighting and consistency for variables in double-quoted
     strings and literal text in HEREDOCs and backticks. (Matt)
   . Added "?:" operator. (Marcus)
-  . Added support for namespaces. (Dmitry, Stas, Gregory, Marcus)
+  . Added support for namespaces. (Dmitry, Stas, Gregory)
   . Added support for Late Static Binding. (Dmitry, Etienne Kneuss)
   . Added support for __callStatic() magic method. (Sara)
   . Added forward_static_call(_array) to complete LSB. (Mike Lively)
   . Added support for dynamic access of static members using $foo::myFunc().
     (Etienne Kneuss)
   . Improved checks for callbacks. (Marcus)
   . Added __DIR__ constant. (Lars Strojny)
+  . Added PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION, PHP_RELEASE_VERSION,
+    PHP_EXTRA_VERSION, PHP_VERSION_ID, PHP_ZTS and PHP_DEBUG constants.
+    (Pierre)
   . Added new error modes E_USER_DEPRECATED and E_DEPRECATED.
     E_DEPRECATED is used to inform about stuff being scheduled for removal
     in future PHP versions. (Lars Strojny, Felipe, Marcus)
@@ -319,7 +208,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Added access to internal values of DSA, RSA and DH keys. (Dmitry)
   . Fixed a memory leak on openssl_decrypt(). (Henrique)
   . Fixed segfault caused by openssl_pkey_new(). (Henrique)
-  . Fixed bug caused by uninitilized variables in openssl_pkcs7_encrypt() and
+  . Fixed bug caused by uninitilized variables in openssl_pkcs7_encrypt() and 
     openssl_pkcs7_sign(). (Henrique)
   . Fixed error message in openssl_seal(). (Henrique)
 
@@ -360,8 +249,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Improved crypt() function: (Pierre)
   . Added Blowfish and extended DES support. (Using Blowfish implementation
     from Solar Designer).
-  . Made crypt features portable by providing our own implementations
-    for crypt_r and the algorithms which are used when OS does not provide
+  . Made crypt features portable by providing our own implementations 
+    for crypt_r and the algorithms which are used when OS does not provide 
     them. PHP implementations are always used for Windows builds.
 
 - Added new extensions:
@@ -383,8 +272,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     . date_create_from_format() / DateTime::createFromFormat()
     . date_parse_from_format().
   . support for abbreviation and offset based timezone specifiers for
-    the 'e' format specifier, DateTime::__construct(), DateTime::getTimeZone()
-    and DateTimeZone::getName().
+    DateTime::getOffset() and DateTime::getName().
   . support for selectively listing timezone identifiers by continent or
     country code through timezone_identifiers_list() /
     DateTimezone::listIdentifiers().
@@ -410,7 +298,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . proper support for "this week", "previous week"/"last week" and "next week"
     phrases so that they actually mean the week and not a seven day period
     around the current day.
-  . support for "<xth> <weekday> of" and "last <weekday> of" phrases to be used
+  . support for "<xth> <weekday of" and "last <weekday> of" phrases to be used
     with months - like in "last saturday of februari 2008".
   . support for "back of <hour>" and "front of <hour>" phrases that are used in
     Scotland.
@@ -420,8 +308,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - Added array_replace() and array_replace_recursive() functions. (Matt)
 - Added ReflectionProperty::setAccessible() method that allows non-public
-  property's values to be read through ::getValue() and set through
-  ::setValue(). (Derick, Sebastian)
+  property's values to be read through ::getValue(). (Derick)
 - Added msg_queue_exists() function to sysvmsg extension. (Benjamin Schulz)
 - Added Firebird specific attributes that can be set via PDO::setAttribute()
   to control formatting of date/timestamp columns: PDO::FB_ATTR_DATE_FORMAT,
@@ -469,7 +356,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Fixed bug #45179 (--with-mysql-sock fails to compile & work). (Andrey)
 - Fixed bug #45038 (Crash when using DateTimeZone object returned by
   Date::getTimezone). (Joe Orton, Derick)
-- Fixed bug #45030 (Destination image alpha channel noise when using
+- Fixed bug #45030 (Destination image alpha channel noise when using 
   imagecopyresampled). (Pierre)
 - Fixed bug #44769 (declaring private magic methods should throw error).
   (Felipe)

README.CVS-RULES

@@ -53,38 +53,36 @@ Currently we have the following branches in use::
 
   PHP_5_1  This branch is closed.
 
-  PHP_4_4  This branch is closed.
+  PHP_4_4  Is used to release the PHP 4.4.x series. Only bugfixes are permitted
+           on this branch (Consult the releasemaster prior to commit).
 
-The next few rules are more of a technical nature::
+  PHP_4_3  This branch is closed.
 
-   1. All changes should first go to HEAD and then get merged from HEAD
-      (aka MFH'ed) to all other relevant branches.
+The next few rules are more of a technical nature::
 
-   2. DO NOT TOUCH ChangeLog! It is automagically updated from the commit
+   1. DO NOT TOUCH ChangeLog! It is automagically updated from the commit
       messages every day. Woe be to those who attempt to mess with it.
 
-   3. All news updates intended for public viewing, such as new features,
-      bug fixes, improvements, etc., should go into the NEWS file of the
-      *first* to be released version with the given change. In other words
-      any NEWS file change only needs to done in one branch.
+   2. All news updates intended for public viewing, such as new features,
+      bug fixes, improvements, etc., should go into the NEWS file.
 
       NB! Lines, starting with @ will go automagically into NEWS file, but
       this is NOT recommended, though. Please, add news entries directly to
       NEWS file and don't forget to keep them adjusted and sorted.
 
-   4. Do not commit multiple file and dump all messages in one commit. If you
+   3. Do not commit multiple file and dump all messages in one commit. If you
       modified several unrelated files, commit each group separately and
       provide a nice commit message for each one. See example below.
 
-   5. Do write your commit message in such a way that it makes sense even
+   4. Do write your commit message in such a way that it makes sense even
       without the corresponding diff. One should be able to look at it, and
       immediately know what was modified. Definitely include the function name
       in the message as shown below.
 
-   6. In your commit messages, keep each line shorter than 80 characters. And
+   5. In your commit messages, keep each line shorter than 80 characters. And
       try to align your lines vertically, if they wrap. It looks bad otherwise.
 
-   7. If you modified a function that is callable from PHP, prepend PHP to
+   6. If you modified a function that is callable from PHP, prepend PHP to
       the function name as shown below.
 
 
@@ -132,9 +130,6 @@ If you don't see your messages in ChangeLog right away, don't worry!
 These files are updated once a day, so your stuff will not show up until
 somewhat later.
 
-When you change the NEWS file for a bug fix, then please keep the bugs 
-sorted in decreasing order under the fixed version.
-
 You can use LXR (http://lxr.php.net/) and Bonsai (http://bonsai.php.net/)
 to look at PHP CVS repository in various ways.
 

README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API

@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ Type specifiers
  instance of that class.
 
  a  - array (zval*)
- A  - array or object (zval *)
  b  - boolean (zend_bool)
  C  - class (zend_class_entry*)
  d  - double (double)
  f  - function or array containing php method call info (returned as 
       zend_fcall_info and zend_fcall_info_cache)
  h  - array (returned as HashTable*)
- H  - array or HASH_OF(object) (returned as HashTable*)
  l  - long (long)
  o  - object of any type (zval*)
  O  - object of specific type given by class entry (zval*, zend_class_entry)