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PHP 5.6

Summary

Update the PHP stack to new version 5.6.

Owner

• Name: Remi Collet
• Email: remi @ fedora project DOT org
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 21
• Last updated: 2014-03-26
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Important changes in this new version:

Security:

• TLS Peer Verification
• Improved TLS Defaults

Language improvements:

• Constant Scalar Expressions
• Argument Unpacking
• Syntax for variadic functions
• Power Operator
• Importing namespaced functions

New tool:

• PHP debugger

Benefit to Fedora

Provides the latest upstream PHP version.

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers: PHP extensions and PHP webapp owner

• Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

This new version should maintains compatibility with version 5.5.x.

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? product <-- Applicable for Changes that blocks specific product release/Fedora.next -->

Documentation

Upstream documentation: Migrating from PHP 5.5.x to PHP 5.6.x