Migrating from PHP 5.5.x to PHP 5.6.x

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Most improvements in PHP 5.6.x have no impact on existing code. There are a few incompatibilities and new features that should be considered, and code should be tested before switching PHP versions in production environments.

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offlinewan at gmail dot com
7 years ago
Plese notice that default POST data parsing has changed.
php 5.5 with "foo=bar&baz" received
[
  "foo" => "bar"
]
and php 5.6 with same input receives:
[
  "foo" => "bar",
  "baz" => ""
]

Tested via curl --data 'foo=bar&baz' http://localhost

It can create a problem when earlier json came without correct content-type header.
e.g. {"foo":"bar"} in php 5.5 $_POST was
[
]
and in php 5.6 will be
[
  "{\"foo\":\"\bar\"}" => ""
]

Tested via curl --data '{"foo":"bar"}' http://localhost
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