Changed Functions
PHP Core
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set_error_handler() can now be called with
NULLas an argument to reset the error handler. -
When called with
NULL, set_error_handler() and set_exception_handler() now return the previous error or exception handler, respectively. -
json_encode() now accepts
depthparameter. - The behaviour of pack() and unpack() with the "a" and "A" format codes has changed. Detailed notes on these changes are available.
intl
- MessageFormatter::format() and related functions now accept named arguments and mixed numeric and named arguments when PHP is linked to ICU 4.8 or later.
- MessageFormatter::format() and related functions no longer error when an insufficient number of arguments have been provided. Instead, the placeholders will not be substituted.
- MessageFormatter::format() and MessageFormatter::parse() are no longer limited to second precision when dealing with times.
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IntlDateFormatter::__construct() and
datefmt_create() now accept
IntlTimeZone and
DateTimeZone objects for the
timezoneargument, and IntlCalendar objects for thecalendarargument. Furthermore, if the time zone is omitted and thecalendardoesn't specify a time zone, PHP's default time zone from date_default_timezone_get() is now used instead of the default ICU time zone. - IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar() and datefmt_get_calendar() return false if the IntlDateFormatter object was created with an IntlCalendar instance instead of one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.
- IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar() and datefmt_set_calendar() now accept IntlCalendar objects in addition to the IntlDateFormatter constants.
- IntlDateFormatter::format() and datefmt_format() now accept IntlCalendar objects.
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