On Aug 15, 2016 10:18 AM, "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yohg...@ohgaki.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > utf8_decode() and utf8_encode() are not needed and causing problems > than solving. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_utf_8_decode_encode > > Proposal > - Document deprecation them now > - Remove them from 7.2 > > I think only few users are using and they shouldn't have problem using > mbstring/iconv/intl functions. > > Any comments?
Yes, one, sadly short: Absolutely no go. I do not see a remotely valid reason to remove these functions which are much more used than what this RFC or thread say. I am against removing them, now or in 8.x. this is the kind of things that makes migrations painful. They are broken on some cases? Fix them maybe?
