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?? ??? 2016, PHP 7.1.0beta1

- Core:
  . Fixed bug #72543 (Different references behavior comparing to PHP 5)
    (Laruence, Dmitry, Nikita)
  . Fixed bug #71539 (Memory error on $arr[$a] =& $arr[$b] if RHS rehashes)
    (Dmitry, Nikita)

- pcntl
  . Implemented asynchronous signal handling without TICKS. (Dmitry)
  . Added pcntl_signal_get_handler() that returns the current signal handler
    for a particular signal. Addresses FR #72409. (David Walker)

07 Jul 2016, PHP 7.1.0alpha3

- Core:
  . Implemented RFC: Iterable. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Fixed bug #72523 (dtrace issue with reflection (failed test)). (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72508 (strange references after recursive function call and
    "switch" statement). (Laruence)
  . Implemented RFC: Closure::fromCallable (Danack)

- COM:
  . Fixed bug #72498 (variant_date_from_timestamp null dereference). (Anatol)

- CURL:
  . Add curl_multi_errno(), curl_share_errno() and curl_share_strerror()
	functions. (Pierrick)
  . Add support for HTTP/2 Server Push (davey)

- Date:
  . Invalid serialization data for a DateTime or DatePeriod object will now
    throw an instance of Error from __wakeup() or __set_state() instead of
    resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Timezone initialization failure from serialized data will now throw an
    instance of Error from __wakeup() or __set_state() instead of resulting in
    a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Export date_get_interface_ce() for extension use. (Jeremy Mikola)

- DBA:
  . Data modification functions (e.g.: dba_insert()) now throw an instance of
    Error instead of triggering a catchable fatal error if the key is does not
    contain exactly two elements. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- DOM:
  . Invalid schema or RelaxNG validation contexts will throw an instance of
    Error instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Attempting to register a node class that does not extend the appropriate
    base class will now throw an instance of Error instead of resulting in a
    fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Attempting to read an invalid or write to a readonly property will throw
    an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron
    Piotrowski)

- GD:
  . Fixed bug #72404 (imagecreatefromjpeg fails on selfie). (cmb)

- IMAP:
  . An email address longer than 16385 bytes will throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
    
- Intl:
  . Failure to call the parent constructor in a class extending Collator
    before invoking the parent methods will throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a recoverable fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Cloning a Transliterator object may will now throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error if cloning the internal
    transliterator fails. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- LDAP:
  . Providing an unknown modification type to ldap_batch_modify() will now
    throw an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error.
    (Aaron Piotrowski)

- Mbstring:
  . mb_ereg() and mb_eregi() will now throw an instance of ParseError if an
    invalid PHP expression is provided and the 'e' option is used. (Aaron
    Piotrowski)

- Mcrypt:
  . mcrypt_encrypt() and mcrypt_decrypt() will throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error if mcrypt cannot be initialized.
    (Aaron Piotrowski)

- Mysqli:
  . Attempting to read an invalid or write to a readonly property will throw
    an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron
    Piotrowski)

- OpenSSL:
  . Implemented FR #61204 (Add elliptic curve support for OpenSSL).
    (Dominic Luechinger)

- PCRE:
  . Fixed bug #72476 (Memleak in jit_stack). (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72463 (mail fails with invalid argument). (Anatol)

- Readline:
  . Fixed bug #72538 (readline_redisplay crashes php). (Laruence)

- Reflection:
  . Failure to retrieve a reflection object or retrieve an object property
    will now throw an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error.
    (Aaron Piotrowski)

- SQLite3:
  . Fixed bug #70628 (Clearing bindings on an SQLite3 statement doesn't work).
    (cmb)

- Session:
  . Fixed bug #72531 (ps_files_cleanup_dir Buffer overflow). (Laruence)
  . Custom session handlers that do not return strings for session IDs will 
    now throw an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error
    when a function is called that must generate a session ID.
    (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . An invalid setting for session.hash_function will throw an instance of
    Error instead of resulting in a fatal error when a session ID is created.
    (Aaron Piotrowski)

- SimpleXML:
  . Creating an unnamed or duplicate attribute will throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- SPL:
  . Attempting to clone an SplDirectory object will throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Calling ArrayIterator::append() when iterating over an object will throw an
    instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Fixed bug #55701 (GlobIterator throws LogicException). (Valentin VĂLCIU)

- Standard:
  . Implemented RFC: More precise float values. (Jakub Zelenka, Yasuo)
  . array_multisort now uses zend_sort instead zend_qsort. (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72505 (readfile() mangles files larger than 2G). (Cschneid)
  . assert() will throw a ParseError when evaluating a string given as the first
    argument if the PHP code is invalid instead of resulting in a catchable
    fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Calling forward_static_call() outside of a class scope will now throw an
    instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- Streams:
  . Fixed bug #72534 (stream_socket_get_name crashes). (Anatol)
    
- Tidy:
  . Creating a tidyNode manually will now throw an instance of Error instead of
    resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- WDDX:
  . A circular reference when serializing will now throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- XML-RPC:
  . A circular reference when serializing will now throw an instance of Error
    instead of resulting in a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)

- Zip:
  . ZipArchive::addGlob() will throw an instance of Error instead of resulting
    in a fatal error if glob support is not available. (Aaron Piotrowski)

23 Jun 2016, PHP 7.1.0alpha2

- Core:
  . Implemented RFC: Replace "Missing argument" warning with "Too few
    arguments" exception. (Dmitry)
  . Implemented RFC: Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable. (Dmitry)
  . Fixed bug #72441 (Segmentation fault: RFC list_keys). (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72395 (list() regression). (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72373 (TypeError after Generator function w/declared return type
    finishes). (Nikita)
  . Fixed bug #69489 (tempnam() should raise notice if falling back to temp dir).
    (Laruence, Anatol)
  . Fixed UTF-8 and long path support on Windows. (Anatol)

- Date:
  . Fixed bug #63740 (strtotime seems to use both sunday and monday as start of
    week). (Derick)

- GD:
  . Fixed bug #43475 (Thick styled lines have scrambled patterns). (cmb)
  . Fixed bug #53640 (XBM images require width to be multiple of 8). (cmb)
  . Fixed bug #64641 (imagefilledpolygon doesn't draw horizontal line). (cmb)

- JSON
  . Implemented FR #46600 ("_empty_" key in objects). (Jakub Zelenka)

- Mbstring:
  . Fixed bug #72405 (mb_ereg_replace - mbc_to_code (oniguruma) -
    oob read access). (Laruence)
  . Fixed bug #72399 (Use-After-Free in MBString (search_re)). (Laruence)

- OpenSSL:
  . Implemented FR #67304 (Added AEAD support [CCM and GCM modes] to
    openssl_encrypt and openssl_decrypt). (Jakub Zelenka)
  . Implemented error storing to the global queue and cleaning up the OpenSSL
    error queue (resolves bugs #68276 and #69882). (Jakub Zelenka)

- PCRE:
  . Upgraded to PCRE 8.39. (Anatol)

- Sqlite3:
  . Implemented FR #72385 (Update SQLite bundle lib(3.13.0)). (Laruence)

- Standard:
  . Added is_iterable() function. (Aaron Piotrowski)
  . Fixed bug #72306 (Heap overflow through proc_open and $env parameter).
    (Laruence)

- Streams:
  . Fixed bug #72439 (Stream socket with remote address leads to a segmentation
    fault). (Laruence)

09 Jun 2016, PHP 7.1.0alpha1

- 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 #70228 (Memleak if return in finally block). (Dmitry)
  . Fixed bug #71266 (Missing separation of properties HT in foreach etc).
    (Dmitry)
  . 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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