features.js

/**
 * The format of this file is documented in the README.md.
 *
 * The file is ordered with entries related to the most recent version of
 * PHP at the top, and the oldest version at the bottom.
 *
 * That means:
 *  - A feature added in the most recent version of PHP goes at the top of the file.
 *  - Equally a feature deprecated or removed in the most recent version of PHP
 *    will also go at the top of the file.
 *  - A feature added in the oldest version will go at the bottom of the file. UNLESS
 *    it is then deprecated or removed in a newer version.
 */
const features = [
    {
        name: "Property Hooks",
        description: "Allows object properties to have getter and setter hooks/methods.",
        keywords: ["hooks", "getter", "setter", "objects", "properties"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.property-hooks" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/property-hooks" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#property-hooks-rfc" },
            { name: "Ash Allen Design Blog", url: "https://ashallendesign.co.uk/blog/php-84-property-hooks" },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Asymmetric Property Visibility",
        description: "Object properties may now have their set visibility controlled separately from the get visibility.",
        keywords: ["objects", "getters", "setters", "properties"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.asymmetric-property-visibility" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/asymmetric-visibility-v2" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#asymmetric-visibility-rfc" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Lazy Objects",
        description: "It is now possible to create objects whose initialization is deferred until they are accessed.",
        keywords: ["objects", "initialization", "constructor"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.lazy-objects" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/lazy-objects" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#lazy-objects-rfc" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "#[\\Deprecated] attribute",
        description: "The new Deprecated attribute can be used to mark functions, methods, and class constants as deprecated.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.deprecated-attribute" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "request_parse_body() function",
        description: "Added `request_parse_body()` function that allows parsing RFC1867 (multipart) requests in non-POST HTTP requests.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.rfc1867" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/request_parse_body" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "`new` without parentheses",
        description: "New expressions with constructor arguments now allow chaining method calls, property accesses, etc. without enclosing the expression in parentheses.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.new-chaining" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#new-without-parentheses-rfc" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-with-parentheses-php-84" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_without_parentheses" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Improved Debugging Info for WeakReference",
        description: "Getting the debug info for `WeakReference` will now also output the object it references, or `null` if the reference is no longer valid.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.debug-weakref" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Improved Debugging Info for Closure",
        description: "The output of `Closure::__debugInfo()` now includes the name, file, and line of the Closure.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.debug-closure" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Defining Identical Symbols in Different Namespace Blocks",
        description: "Exiting a namespace now clears seen symbols. This allows using a symbol in a namespace block, even if a previous namespace block declared a symbol with the same name.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.multiple-namespaces-symbols" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "curl_version() feature_list support",
        description: "`curl_version()` returns an additional `feature_list` value, which is an associative array of all known cURL features, and whether they are supported (`true`) or not (`false`).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.curl" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/curl_version-feature_list" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3 and CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY constants for HTTP/3 support",
        description: "Added `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3` and `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY` constants as available options for `CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION`.",
        keywords: ["http3", "quic"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.curl" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3-CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION option",
        description: "Added `CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION` as a cURL option that accepts a callable to be called after the connection is made, but before the request is sent",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.curl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT option",
        description: "Added `CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT`, which was formerly known as `CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT`. Both constants hold the same value.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.curl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION option",
        description: "Added `CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION` as a cURL option that accepts a callable that gets called during the request lifetime.",
        keywords: ["debugging"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.curl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER deprecated",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "5.6",
        deprecated: 8.4,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER-deprecated" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.deprecated.php#migration84.deprecated.core.curl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Dom namespace",
        description: "Added the `Dom` namespace with new classes as counterparts to the existing `DOM` classes (e.g. `Dom\Node` is the new `DOMNode`). These classes are compatible with HTML 5 and are WHATWG spec-compliant.",
        keywords: ["HTML5"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.dom" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "DOMNode::compareDocumentPosition()",
        description: "`DOMNode::compareDocumentPosition()` with its associated constants",
        keywords: ["HTML"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.dom" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "Intl: NumberFormatter::ROUND_HALFODD",
        description: "Added the `NumberFormatter::ROUND_HALFODD` to complement the existing `NumberFormatter::ROUND_HALFEVEN` functionality",
        keywords: ["internationalization", "localization", "i18n", "formatting"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.intl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "OpenSSL: support for Curve25519 + Curve448 based keys",
        description: "Added support for Curve25519 + Curve448 based keys. Specifically x25519, ed25519, x448 and ed448 fields are supported.",
        keywords: ["security", "encryption", "cryptography"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.openssl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "OpenSSL: PASSWORD_ARGON2 password hashing",
        description: "Implement `PASSWORD_ARGON2` password hashing. Requires OpenSSL 3.2 and NTS build.",
        keywords: ["security", "encryption", "cryptography"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.openssl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "PCRE2 Regular Expressions",
        description: "The bundled pcre2lib has been updated, enabling new patterns and modifiers.",
        keywords: ["regex", "case", "assertions", "perl"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.pcre" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/pcre2-regexp-syntax-changes" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "ReflectionClass improvements in PHP 8.4",
        description: "Multiple new methods and constants which are related to the lazy objects feature have been added, plus other small additions.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.reflection" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "bcceil()",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.bcmath" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "bcdivmod()",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.bcmath" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/bcdivmod" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "bcfloor()",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.bcmath" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "bcround()",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.bcmath" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "DateTime::createFromTimestamp() and DateTimeImmutable::createFromTimestamp()",
        description: "The `DateTime` and `DateTimeImmutable` classes in PHP 8.4 have a new method named `createFromTimeStamp` creates an instance from a given UNIX timestamp as an integer or a float value.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/datetime-createFromTimestamp" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.date" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "DateTime::getMicrosecond() and DateTimeImmutable::getMicrosecond()",
        description: "The `DateTime` and `DateTimeImmutable` classes in PHP 8.4 and later support `getMicrosecond` and `setMicrosecond` methods to get and set the microsecond amount of the `DateTime`/`DateTimeImmutable` objects.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/date-datetime-get-setMicrosecond" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.date" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "DateTime::setMicrosecond() and DateTimeImmutable::setMicrosecond()",
        description: "The `DateTime` and `DateTimeImmutable` classes in PHP 8.4 and later support `getMicrosecond` and `setMicrosecond` methods to get and set the microsecond amount of the `DateTime`/`DateTimeImmutable` objects.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/date-datetime-get-setMicrosecond" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.date" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "DOMXPath::quote()",
        description: "`DOMXPath::quote` — Quotes a string for use in an XPath expression",
        keywords: ["HTML", "XML"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/domxpath.quote.php" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "IntlDateFormatter::getIanaID()",
        description: "The Intl extension in PHP 8.4 provides a new function named `intltz_get_iana_id` and a new static method `IntlTimeZone::getIanaID()` that returns the IANA time zone ID for a given timezone identifier.",
        keywords: ["internationalization", "localization", "i18n", "formatting"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/intltz_get_iana_id-IntlTimeZone-getCanonicalID" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.intl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "intltz_get_iana_id()",
        description: "The Intl extension in PHP 8.4 provides a new function named `intltz_get_iana_id` and a new static method `IntlTimeZone::getIanaID()` that returns the IANA time zone ID for a given timezone identifier.",
        keywords: ["internationalization", "localization", "i18n", "formatting"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/intltz_get_iana_id-IntlTimeZone-getCanonicalID" },
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.intl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "IntlDateFormatter::parseToCalendar()",
        description: "",
        keywords: ["internationalization", "localization", "i18n", "formatting"],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.intl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "SpoofChecker::setAllowedChars()",
        description: "",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-functions.php#migration84.new-functions.intl" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "grapheme_str_split()",
        description: "Split a string into an array with support for grapheme cluster byte characters.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.grapheme-str-split.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/grapheme_str_split" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "mb_ucfirst()",
        description: "Make a string's first character uppercase (multi-byte safe).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-ucfirst.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_ucfirst-mb_ucfirst" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "mb_lcfirst()",
        description: "Make a string's first character lowercase (multi-byte safe).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-lcfirst.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_ucfirst-mb_ucfirst" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "mb_rtrim()",
        description: "Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string (multi-byte safe).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-rtrim.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_trim-mb_ltrim-mb_rtrim" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "mb_ltrim()",
        description: "Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string (multi-byte safe).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-ltrim.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_trim-mb_ltrim-mb_rtrim" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "mb_trim()",
        description: "Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string (multi-byte safe).",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-trim.php" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_trim-mb_ltrim-mb_rtrim" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "http_get_last_response_headers()",
        description: "PHP 8.4 adds the function `http_get_last_response_headers` that gets the HTTP headers of the last HTTP wrapper response. This can replace the historical `$http_response_header` variable.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/http_get-clear_last_response_headers" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "http_clear_last_response_headers()",
        description: "PHP 8.4 adds the function `http_clear_last_response_headers` that clears the HTTP headers of the last HTTP wrapper response. This can replace the historical `$http_response_header` variable.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/http_get-clear_last_response_headers" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "array_all()",
        description: "Checks if all array elements satisfy a callback function.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-all.php" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_find" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/array_find-array_find_key-array_any-array_all" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#array_find-rfc" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "array_any()",
        description: "Checks if at least one array element satisfies a callback function.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-any.php" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_find" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/array_find-array_find_key-array_any-array_all" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84#array_find-rfc" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "array_find()",
        description: "Returns the first element satisfying a callback function.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-find.php" },
            { name: "PHP RFC", url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_find" },
            { name: "PHP Watch", url: "https://php.watch/versions/8.4/array_find-array_find_key-array_any-array_all" },
            { name: "Stitcher.io Blog", url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/array-find-in-php-84" }
        ]
    },
    {
        name: "array_find_key()",
        description: "Returns the key of the first element satisfying a callback function.",
        keywords: [],
        added: "8.4",
        deprecated: null,
        removed: null,
        resources: [
            { name: "PHP Manual", url: "https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-find-key.php" },
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        name: "Deprecate partially supported callables",
        description: "deprecate callables that are supported by `call_user_func($callable)`, but not by `$callable()` - read the resources!",
        keywords: [],
        added: "0.0",
        deprecated: "8.2",
        removed: "9.0",
        resources: [
            {
                name: "RFC (php.net)",
                url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_partially_supported_callables",
            },
            {
                name: "Deprecate partially supported callables (stitcher.io)",
                url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-82#deprecate-partially-supported-callables-rfc",
            },
        ],
    },
    {
        name: "utf8_encode (deprecated)",
        description: "utf8_encode and utf8_decode Functions Deprecated - The RFC suggests using mb_convert_encoding() instead.",
        keywords: ["encode", "encoding", "utf8", "deprecations"],
        added: "0.0",
        deprecated: "8.2",
        removed: "9.0",
        resources: [
            {
                name: "RFC (php.net)",
                url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_utf8_decode_and_utf8_encode",
            },
            {
                name: "utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() deprecations (stitcher.io)",
                url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-82#utf8_encode()-and-utf8_decode()-deprecations-rfc",
            },
        ],
    },
    {
        name: "utf8_decode (deprecated)",
        description: "utf8_encode and utf8_decode Functions Deprecated - The RFC suggests using mb_convert_encoding() instead.",
        keywords: ["decode", "decoding", "utf8", "deprecations"],
        added: "0.0",
        deprecated: "8.2",
        removed: "9.0",
        resources: [
            {
                name: "RFC (php.net)",
                url: "https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_utf8_decode_and_utf8_encode",
            },
            {
                name: "utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() deprecations (stitcher.io)",
                url: "https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-82#utf8_encode()-and-utf8_decode()-deprecations-rfc",
            },
        ],
    },
];

module.exports = features;