php-src/UPGRADING.INTERNALS

PHP 8.0 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES

1. Internal API changes
  a. Object Handlers API
  b. ZEND_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION and corresponding call_method() object handler
  c. TSRM changes
  d. get() and set() object handlers
  e. zend_parse_parameters 'L' specifier
  f. Arginfo argument types
  g. zend_free_op type and should_free argument of zend_get_zval_ptr()
  h. zend_value_error()
  i. get_closure() object handler
  j. compare_objects() and compare() object handlers
  k. The 'I' length modifier
  l. Some VM instructions switched to IS_TMP_VAR result instead of IS_VAR
  m. All internal functions must have arginfo
  n. zend_hash_sort compare function and zend_hash_sort signature change
  o. cast_object() object handler is now required
  p. ARG_COUNT() macro removed
  q. GC_COLLECTABLE flag
  r. Cannot implement Traversable only
  s. zend_fcall_info no_separation flag removed
  t. Signature changes

2. Build system changes
  a. Abstract
  b. Unix build system changes
  c. Windows build system changes

3. Module changes

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1. Internal API changes
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  a. Object Handlers API and some related functions, e.g. zend_call_method() and
     zend_objects_clone_obj() were changed to receive zend_object* instead of
     zval* and zend_string* instead of zval* for property names.

  b. ZEND_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION and corresponding call_method() object handler
     were removed. ZEND_INTERNAL_FUNCTION with ZEND_ACC_CALL_VIA_HANDLER and
     defined "handler" callback should be used instead. This "handler" callback
     should also take care about function cleanup. See ext/zend_test/test.c
     for example.

  c. The following things have been removed from TSRM:
      - TSRMLS_DC
      - TSRMLS_D
      - TSRMLS_CC
      - TSRMLS_C
      - TSRMLS_FETCH
      - TSRMLS_FETCH_FROM_CTX
      - TSRMLS_SET_CTX
      - tsrm_new_interpreter_context
      - tsrm_set_interpreter_context
      - tsrm_free_interpreter_context
      - support for GNUPTH, SGI ST, and BETHREADS

  d. The get() and set() object handlers have been removed. The get() handler
     can generally be replaced with cast_object(). Some uses of set() may be
     replaced by do_operation(). If set() was used to overload direct
     assignments using "=", then this is no longer supported and the
     functionality should be provided in some other way (for example, as
     modification of an object property).

  e. The zend_parse_parameters 'L' specifier and the Z_PARAM_STRICT_LONG()
     family of macros have been removed. Use 'l' and Z_PARAM_LONG() instead,
     which, despite the confusing name, actually have stricter input validation.

  f. Arginfo argument types for internal functions are no longer checked.
     Instead type checks should be performed using the zend_parse_parameters()
     or ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_*() APIs.

  g. zend_free_op type and "should_free" argument of zend_get_zval_ptr() were
     removed. It's possible to get the old "should_free" value using the
     following code.

     zval *ret = zend_get_zval_ptr(opline, opline->op1_type, &opline->op1,
         execute_data, BP_VAR_R);
     zval *should_free = (op_type & (IS_TMP_VAR|IS_VAR)) ? ret : NULL;

  h. Added the zend_value_error() function, which is intended to be used
     to raise ValueError when inappropriate argument values are passed
     to functions.

  i. get_closure() object handlers now accept an additional zend_bool parameter
     `check_only`. If it is true, the handler is called to check whether the
     object is callable; in this case the handler should not throw an exception.

  j. compare_objects() handler was removed. Extensions should use compare() object
     handler instead and check if both arguments are objects and have the same
     compare handler, using ZEND_COMPARE_OBJECTS_FALLBACK() macro.

  k. The 'I' length modifier, used to denote 32 and 64bit integer from the custom
     snprintf and spprintf implementations has been removed.
     Use the ZEND_LONG_FMT, ZEND_ULONG_FMT and ZEND_XLONG_FMT macros defined in
     php-src/Zend/zend_long.h

     The 'v' format from the custom snprintf and spprintf implementations has
     been removed. Use the standard 's' format instead.

  l. Some VM instructions switched to IS_TMP_VAR result instead of IS_VAR.
     Actually, all assignments (ZEND_ASSIGN, ZEND_ASSIGN_DIM, ZEND_ASSIGN_OBJ,
     ZEND_ASSIGN_STATIC_PROP), all compound assignments (ZEND_ASSIGN_OP,
     ZEND_ASSIGN_DIM_OP, ZEND_ASSIGN_OBJ_OP, ZEND_ASSIGN_STATIC_PROP_OP) and all
     pre increments/decrements (ZEND_PRE_INC, ZEND_PRE_DEC, ZEND_PRE_INC_OBJ
     ZEND_PRE_DEC_OBJ, ZEND_PRE_INC_STATIC_PROP ZEND_PRE_DEC_STATIC_PROP).

  m. All internal functions and methods are now required to specify arginfo
     information, otherwise warnings will be thrown on startup.

  n. The zend_hash_sort and zend_hash_minmax APIs now accept a comparison
     function with the following signature:

         typedef int (*bucket_compare_func_t)(Bucket *a, Bucket *b);

     Previously compare_func_t was used, which accepted void pointers.
     Furthermore, the return type of zend_hash_sort and zend_ts_hash_sort has
     been changed from int to void; these functions always succeed.

  o. The cast_object() handler is now required, i.e. must be non-null. You can
     indicate that casting is not supported by always returning FAILURE.

  p. The ARG_COUNT() macro has been removed use ZEND_NUM_ARGS() instead.

  q. GC_COLLECTABLE flag was inverted into GC_NOT_COLLECTABLE.
     Assignments to GC_TYPE_INFO() might need to be changed to properly
     set the value of the GC_NOT_COLLECTABLE flag.

  r. Just for for userland classes, it is no longer allowed to implement only
     the Traversable interface. Instead, it is necessary to implement either
     Iterator or IteratorAggregate. You can do the latter by implementing
     zend_ce_aggregate and providing the following method implementation:

         ZEND_METHOD(MyClass, getIterator) {
             ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
             zend_create_internal_iterator_zval(return_value, ZEND_THIS);
         }

  s. The zend_fcall_info no_separation flag has been removed, and separation is
      never allowed. If you wish to pass (or allow passing) arguments by
      reference, explicitly create those arguments as references using
      ZEND_MAKE_REF.

  t. The following ZEND_API function have changed signature:
     1. Void in Zend Engine 4.0:
        - add_assoc_*()
        - add_index_*()
        - add_property_*()
        - object_init()
        - zend_declare_class_constant*()
        - zend_declare_property*()
        - zend_startup_modules()
        - zend_wrong_parameters_none_error()

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2. Build system changes
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  a. Abstract
    1.  Symbol HAVE_HASH_EXT is removed and is no longer defined. It should be
        considered to have hash extension always available since PHP 7.4.

    2.  Symbol HAVE_PCRE is removed and is no longer defined. It should be
        considered to have pcre extension always available since PHP 7.4.

    3.  Symbol HAVE_LOCALE_H has been removed and is no longer defined.

    4.  --disable-inline-optimization (which actually disabled all compiler
        optimizations) has been removed. If you wish to build PHP on a host
        with extremely constrained memory, and compilation fails with an "out
        of memory" message, add "-O0" to CFLAGS.

    5.  build system and provider are displayed in phpinfo from enviroment:
        - PHP_BUILD_SYSTEM (default is same as PHP_UNAME)
        - PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER (no default)

  b. Unix build system changes

    1.  --enable-maintainer-zts is renamed --enable-zts for parity with Windows
        and as recognition that ZTS is not a "maintainer" or experimental feature.

  c. Windows build system changes

    - The configuration option --enable-crt-debug has been removed. The VC
      debug heap can now be enabled for debug builds by setting the environment
      variable PHP_WIN32_DEBUG_HEAP to a non-negative number before PHP process
      startup.

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3. Module changes
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