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What are some known PHP 5 bugs that might bite me?

Aug 15th, 2004 13:46
Philip Olson,

PHP (like everything else in this world) had, has, and will always have,
bugs.  Fixed bugs are listed in the changelog here:

  PHP 5 CHANGELOG
  * http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

If you can't wait for a release changelog then you may also check the
latest NEWS as it lists fixes for upcoming releases:

  PHP 5.0.x NEWS
  * http://cvs.php.net/php-src/NEWS?onb=1.1760.2
    (Warning: This is a list of latest NEWS, very long, Chora is
              currently unable to show latest files for a given branch)

  PHP 5.1.x NEWS
  * http://cvs.php.net/co.php/php-src/NEWS

A few notable bugs:

  PHP 5.0.0
  - PHP_AUTH_USER is not set rendering HTTP Authentication almost
    useless in PHP 5.0.0.  Fixed in PHP 5.0.1.
     * http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29132
  - Unexpected (and broken) __sleep() behavior.  Fixed in PHP 5.0.2
     * http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26737