Changes to INI file handling
The following ini directives have been removed:
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register_globals and register_long_arrays
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allow_call_time_pass_reference
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define_syslog_variables and all related functions
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highlight.bg
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session.bug_compat_42 and session.bug_compat_warn
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y2k_compliance
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safe_mode and all related parameters
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zend.ze1_compatibility_mode
The following ini directives have been added:
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cli.pager and cli.prompt for CLI SAPI using readline
in interactive mode.
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max_input_vars - specifies how many GET/POST/COOKIE input variables may be
accepted.
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zend.multibyte - to control the new multibyte support.
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session.upload_progress.enabled, session.upload_progress.cleanup,
session.upload_progress.prefix, session.upload_progress.name,
session.upload_progress.freq, session.upload_progress.min_freq
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enable_post_data_reading - When it's disabled, the POST data is not read (and processed)
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windows_show_crt_warning
The following ini directives have been changed:
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default_charset now defaults to UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1.
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session.entropy_file now defaults to /dev/random or /dev/urandom depending on
what has been guessed at compile time.
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session.entropy_length now defaults to 32.