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Other changes
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SplFileInfo::getpathinfo now returns information about
the path name.
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SplObjectStorage now has
ArrayAccess support. It is now also possible to
store associative information with objects in
SplObjectStorage.
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In the GD extension, there is now pixelation support available through
the imagefilter function.
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var_dump output now includes private object properties.
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session_start now returns
FALSE when session startup
fails.
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property_exists now checks the existence of a property
independent of accessibility (like method_exists).
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Stream wrappers can now be used by
include_path.
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The
initial parameter for
array_reduce can now be of any type.
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The directory functions
opendir, scandir, and
dir now use the default stream context if no explicit
context is passed.
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crypt now has Blowfish and extended DES support, and
crypt features are now 100% portable. PHP has its own
internal crypt implementation which drops into place when support for
crypt or crypt_r is not found.
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getopt now accepts "long options" on all platforms.
Optional values and = as a separator for short options
are now supported.
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fopen has a new mode option (n),
which passes
O_NONBLOCK to the underlying
open() system call. Note that this mode is not currently
supported on Windows.
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getimagesize now supports icon files (.ico).
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The mhash extension have moved to PECL, but the
Hash extension have been modified to support
mhash if PHP is compiled with --with-mhash. Note that the
Hash extension does not require the mhash library to be available whether or
not the mhash emulation is enabled.
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