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-?? ??? 2016, PHP 7.1.0alpha2
+?? ??? 2016, PHP 7.1.0
+
+- Core:
+ . Added nullable types. (Levi, Dmitry)
+ . Added DFA optimization framework based on e-SSA form. (Dmitry, Nikita)
+ . Added specialized opcode handlers (e.g. ZEND_ADD_LONG_NO_OVERFLOW).
+ (Dmitry)
+ . Change statement and fcall extension handlers to accept frame. (Joe)
+ . Implemented safe execution timeout handling, that prevents random crashes
+ after "Maximum execution time exceeded" error. (Dmitry)
+ . Fixed bug #53432 (Assignment via string index access on an empty string
+ converts to array). (Nikita)
+ . Fixed bug #62210 (Exceptions can leak temporary variables). (Dmitry, Bob)
+ . Fixed bug #62814 (It is possible to stiffen child class members visibility).
+ (Nikita)
+ . Fixed bug #69989 (Generators don't participate in cycle GC). (Nikita)
+ . Fixed bug #71604 (Aborted Generators continue after nested finally).
+ (Nikita)
+ . Fixed bug #71572 (String offset assignment from an empty string inserts
+ null byte). (Francois)
+ . Fixed bug #71897 (ASCII 0x7F Delete control character permitted in
+ identifiers). (Andrea)
+ . Fixed bug #72188 (Nested try/finally blocks losing return value). (Dmitry)
+ . Fixed bug #72213 (Finally leaks on nested exceptions). (Dmitry, Nikita)
+ . Implemented the RFC `Support Class Constant Visibility`. (Sean DuBois,
+ Reeze Xia, Dmitry)
+ . Added void return type. (Andrea)
+ . Added support for negative string offsets in string offset syntax and
+ various string functions. (Francois)
+ . Added a form of the list() construct where keys can be specified. (Andrea)
+ . Number operators taking numeric strings now emit E_NOTICEs or E_WARNINGs
+ when given malformed numeric strings. (Andrea)
+ . (int), intval() where $base is 10 or unspecified, settype(), decbin(),
+ decoct(), dechex(), integer operators and other conversions now always
+ respect scientific notation in numeric strings. (Andrea)
+ . Implemented the RFC `Catching multiple exception types`. (Bronislaw Bialek,
+ Pierrick)
+ . Raise a compile-time warning on octal escape sequence overflow. (Sara)
+ . Added [] = as alternative construct to list() =. (Bob)
+ . Implemented logging to syslog with dynamic error levels. (Jani Ollikainen)
+ . Fixed bug #47517 (php-cgi.exe missing UAC manifest).
+ (maxdax15801 at users noreply github com)
+
+- Apache2handler:
+ . Enable per-module logging in Apache 2.4+. (Martin Vobruba)
+
+- CLI Server:
+ . Fixed bug #71276 (Built-in webserver does not send Date header).
+ (see at seos fr)
+
+- FTP:
+ . Implemented FR #55651 (Option to ignore the returned FTP PASV address).
+ (abrender at elitehosts dot com)
+
+- Intl:
+ . Added IntlTimeZone::getWindowsID() and
+ IntlTimeZone::getIDForWindowsID(). (Sara)
+ . Fixed bug #69374 (IntlDateFormatter formatObject returns wrong utf8 value).
+ (lenhatanh86 at gmail com)
+ . Fixed bug #69398 (IntlDateFormatter formatObject returns wrong value when
+ time style is NONE). (lenhatanh86 at gmail com)
+
+- Hash:
+ . Added SHA3 fixed mode algorithms (224, 256, 384, and 512 bit). (Sara)
+ . Added SHA512/256 and SHA512/224 algorithms. (Sara)
+
+- JSON:
+ . Exported JSON parser API including json_parser_method that can be used
+ for implementing custom logic when parsing JSON. (Jakub Zelenka)
+ . Escaped U+2028 and U+2029 when JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE is supplied as
+ json_encode options and added JSON_UNESCAPED_LINE_TERMINATORS to restore
+ the previous behaviour. (Eddie Kohler)
+
+- PDO_Firebird:
+ . Fixed bug #60052 (Integer returned as a 64bit integer on X86_64). (Mariuz)
+
+- Pgsql:
+ . Implemented FR #31021 (pg_last_notice() is needed to get all notice
+ messages). (Yasuo)
+ . Implemented FR #48532 (Allow pg_fetch_all() to index numerically). (Yasuo)
+
+- Reflection:
+ . Fix #72209 (ReflectionProperty::getValue() doesn't fail if object doesn't match type). (Joe)
+
+- Session:
+ . Improved fix for bug #68063 (Empty session IDs do still start sessions).
+ (Yasuo)
+ . Fixed bug #71038 (session_start() returns TRUE on failure).
+ Session save handlers must return 'string' always for successful read.
+ i.e. Non-existing session read must return empty string. PHP 7.0 is made
+ not to tolerate buggy return value. (Yasuo)
+ . Fixed bug #71394 (session_regenerate_id() must close opened session on
+ errors). (Yasuo)
+
+- SQLite3:
+ . Implemented FR #71159 (Upgraded bundled SQLite lib to 3.9.2). (Laruence)
+
+- Standard:
+ . Fixed bug #71100 (long2ip() doesn't accept integers in strict mode).
+ (Laruence)
+ . Implemented FR #55716 (Add an option to pass a custom stream context to
+ get_headers()). (Ferenc)
+ . Additional validation for parse_url() for login/pass components).
+ (Ilia) (Julien)
+ . Implemented FR #69359 (Provide a way to fetch the current environment
+ variables). (Ferenc)
+ . unpack() function accepts an additional optional argument $offset. (Dmitry)
+ . Implemented #51879 stream context socket option tcp_nodelay (Joe)
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