Arch Linux - News: PHP 7.0 packages released (original) (raw)

Packages of the new major version of PHP have been released into the stable repositories. Besides the new PHP 7 features there are the following packaging changes. In general the package configuration is now closer to what was intended by the PHP project. Also refer to the PHP 7 migration guide for upstream improvements.

Removed packages

• php-pear
• php-mssql
• php-ldap The module is now included in the php package
• php-mongo The new php-mongodb might provide an alternative even though it is not a compatible drop-in replacement
• php-xcache Consider using the included OPcache and optionally APCu for user data cache
• graphviz The PHP bindings had to be removed

New packages

• php-apcu-bc Install and enable this module if the apc_* functions are needed
• php-mongodb

Configuration changes

• open_basedir is no longer set by default
• openssl, phar and posix extensions are now built in
• php-fpm does no longer provide a logrotate configuration. Instead syslog/journald is used by default
• php-fpm's service file does no longer set PrivateTmp=true
• The configuration and module of php-apache have been renamed to php7_module.conf and libphp7.so