Which PHP 7.4 Features Were Deprecated? Vote Results & What’s Next

PHP 7.4 is planned for release at the end of November, and the PHP core team recently voted on which functions to deprecate in this version, with the intention of removing them in PHP 8.0.

Deprecated features in PHP 7.4

Typed properties (35 votes for, 7 against)

Magic quotes compatibility (46 for, 0 against)

Support for object in array_key_exists() (44 for, 0 against)

FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES filter (45 for, 0 against)

Reflection export() function (37 for, 4 against)

mb_strrpos() third parameter: encoding option (44 for, 0 against)

implode() parameter order change (38 for, 5 against)

Unbinding $this from non‑static closures (43 for, 0 against)

hebrev() function (34 for, 7 against)

convert_cyr_string() function (25 for, 7 against)

money_format() function (34 for, 8 against)

ezmlm_hash() function (37 for, 4 against)

restore_include_path() function (31 for, 9 against)

allow_url_include ini directive removal (43 for, 0 against)

The deprecated functions are no longer recommended in PHP 7.4 and will be permanently removed in PHP 8.0.

More information about the vote and its details can be found on the PHP Wiki.

Outlook for PHP 7.4

PHP 7.4 is scheduled for release on November 28, with a feature freeze on July 22 and the first beta on July 25. The timeline is available on the PHP Wiki.