PHP 7.3 Codex Changelog

Newly added Improvements Changed Deprecations Removals
INI Directives 5 ‧ 1 ‧ 1
Constants 106 ‧ 1 ‧ ‧
Functions 20 30 ‧ 17 ‧
Classes 2 ‧ 1 ‧ ‧

Newly added

INI Directives

Global

Constants

curl

filter

json

mbstring

pcre

pgsql

standard

Functions

Core

ext-gmp

ext-intl

ext-ldap

ext-openssl

Core

Classes

Core

ext-json

Removals

INI Directives

Global

Changed

INI Directives

Global

  • sendmail_path

    INI directive default value changed from -t -i to /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

Classes

ext-fileinfo

  • finfo

    Cloning class objects is no longer allowed

Constants

pcre

  • PCRE_VERSION

    Constant value changed from 8.45 2021-06-15 to 10.47 2025-10-21

Deprecations

Functions

ext-gd

ext-mbstring

Core

ext-zlib

Improvements

Functions

ext-ldap

  • ldap_mod_add
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_mod_add(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    $entry
+    $entry,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_search
    • Optional parameter added - #9: $servercontrols
     ldap_search(
     $link_identifier,
     $base_dn,
     $filter,
     $attributes,
     $attrsonly,
     $sizelimit,
     $timelimit,
-    $deref
+    $deref,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_rename
    • Optional parameter added - #6: $servercontrols
     ldap_rename(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
     $newrdn,
     $newparent,
-    $deleteoldrdn
+    $deleteoldrdn,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_read
    • Optional parameter added - #9: $servercontrols
     ldap_read(
     $link_identifier,
     $base_dn,
     $filter,
     $attributes,
     $attrsonly,
     $sizelimit,
     $timelimit,
-    $deref
+    $deref,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_parse_result
    • Optional parameter added - #7: &$serverctrls
     ldap_parse_result(
     $link,
     $result,
     &$errcode,
     &$matcheddn,
     &$errmsg,
-    &$referrals
+    &$referrals,
+    &$serverctrls
   )
  • ldap_modify_batch
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_modify_batch(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    array $modifications_info
+    array $modifications_info,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_modify
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_modify(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    $entry
+    $entry,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_mod_replace
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_mod_replace(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    $entry
+    $entry,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_mod_del
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_mod_del(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    $entry
+    $entry,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_list
    • Optional parameter added - #9: $servercontrols
     ldap_list(
     $link_identifier,
     $base_dn,
     $filter,
     $attributes,
     $attrsonly,
     $sizelimit,
     $timelimit,
-    $deref
+    $deref,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_exop_passwd
    • Optional parameter added - #5: &$serverctrls
     ldap_exop_passwd(
     $link,
     $user,
     $oldpw,
-    $newpw
+    $newpw,
+    &$serverctrls
   )
  • ldap_delete
    • Optional parameter added - #3: $servercontrols
    -ldap_delete($link_identifier, $dn)
+ldap_delete(
+    $link_identifier,
+    $dn,
+    $servercontrols
+  )
  • ldap_compare
    • Optional parameter added - #5: $servercontrols
     ldap_compare(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
     $attribute,
-    $value
+    $value,
+    $servercontrols
   )
  • ldap_add
    • Optional parameter added - #4: $servercontrols
     ldap_add(
     $link_identifier,
     $dn,
-    $entry
+    $entry,
+    $servercontrols
   )

ext-session

  • session_set_cookie_params

    Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $lifetime to $lifetime_or_options

      session_set_cookie_params(
-     $lifetime,
+     $lifetime_or_options,
      $path,
      $domain,
      $secure,
      $httponly
    )

Core

  • setcookie

    Parameter name of parameter #3 changed: $expires to $expires_or_options

      setcookie(
      $name,
      $value,
-     $expires,
+     $expires_or_options,
      $path,
      $domain,
      $secure,
      $httponly
    )
  • setrawcookie

    Parameter name of parameter #3 changed: $expires to $expires_or_options

      setrawcookie(
      $name,
      $value,
-     $expires,
+     $expires_or_options,
      $path,
      $domain,
      $secure,
      $httponly
    )

ext-tidy

  • tidy_warning_count

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_warning_count()
+ tidy_warning_count($object)
  • tidy_access_count

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_access_count()
+ tidy_access_count($object)
  • tidy_clean_repair

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_clean_repair()
+ tidy_clean_repair($object)
  • tidy_config_count

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_config_count()
+ tidy_config_count($object)
  • tidy_diagnose

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_diagnose()
+ tidy_diagnose($object)
  • tidy_error_count

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_error_count()
+ tidy_error_count($object)
  • tidy_get_config

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_get_config()
+ tidy_get_config($object)
  • tidy_get_error_buffer

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_get_error_buffer()
+ tidy_get_error_buffer($object)
  • tidy_get_html_ver

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_get_html_ver()
+ tidy_get_html_ver($object)
  • tidy_get_output

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_get_output()
+ tidy_get_output($object)
  • tidy_get_status

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_get_status()
+ tidy_get_status($object)
  • tidy_is_xhtml

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_is_xhtml()
+ tidy_is_xhtml($object)
  • tidy_is_xml

    Added new required parameter: $object

    - tidy_is_xml()
+ tidy_is_xml($object)
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