New Parameters

Several functions were given new, optional parameters in PHP 5.3:

PHP Core:

  • clearstatcache - Added clear_realpath_cache and filename.
  • copy - Added a stream context parameter, context.
  • fgetcsv - Added escape.
  • ini_get_all - Added details.
  • nl2br - Added is_xhtml.
  • parse_ini_file - Added scanner_mode.
  • round - Added mode.
  • stream_context_create - Added params.
  • strstr and stristr - Added before_needle.

json:

  • json_encode - Added options.
  • json_decode - Added depth.

Streams:

  • stream_select, stream_set_blocking, stream_set_timeout, and stream_set_write_buffer now work with user-space stream wrappers.

sybase_ct:

  • sybase_connect - Added new.

New method parameters in PHP 5.3.0:

PHP Core:

  • Exception::__construct - Added previous.