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Remove PHP 4 compat cruft
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Author: ezyang

Description:
Now that MediaWiki is PHP 5 only, we should get rid of some of the compatibility
cruft lying around. GlobalFunctions.php is a good place to start.

Version: 1.8.x
Severity: normal

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 9:20 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-General.
• bzimport set Reference to bz6777.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
• bzimport created this task.Jul 22 2006, 1:06 AM
• bzimport added a comment.Jul 22 2006, 1:08 AM

ezyang wrote:

Deletes PHP4 compat

Deletes PHP4 compat stuff I know about.

Attached:

GlobalFunctions.patch2 KBDownload

• brooke added a comment.Aug 31 2006, 5:11 PM

Keep wfClone and wfSeedRandom, but with the php 4 branches trimmed out; they may be
used by extensions for compatibility.

• brooke added a comment.Sep 11 2006, 12:55 PM

Applied w/ modifications, r16476

Anomie mentioned this in T222413: PageContentSave does not allow modification of parameters.May 3 2019, 4:37 PM
DannyS712 mentioned this in T231412: Deprecate and remove $wgAutoloadAttemptLowercase.Nov 18 2019, 7:47 AM
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