====== PHP RFC: Deprecate INI functions ======
  * Version: 0.9
  * Created Date: 2014-03-13
  * Modified Date: 2014-03-13
  * Author: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net>
  * Status: Withdrawn
  * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-ini-functions

===== Introduction =====

There session_module_name(), mb_regex_encoding(), etc that get/set INI values. These functions are duplicate of ini_get()/ini_set(). In addition, INI name and function name does not match in many cases.

===== Proposal =====

Deprecate INI functions:

  - Document deprecation in the manual now.
  - Add E_DEPRECATED error for PHP 5.x+
  - Remove deprecated functions PHP 6+


===== Backward Incompatible Changes =====

  - None for documentation.
  - E_DEPRECATED for PHP 5.x+
  - No function for PHP 6+

===== Proposed PHP Version(s) =====

  - E_DEPRECATED for PHP 5.x+
  - Remove INI functions for PHP 6+

===== Impact to Existing Extensions =====

  - session
  - mbstring
  - (more modules)



===== Open Issues =====

  - None


===== Proposed Voting Choices =====

VOTE: 2014/XX/XX - 2014/XX/XX

<doodle title="Deprecate INI functions" auth="yohgaki" voteType="single" closed="true">
   * Yes
   * No
</doodle>

===== Patches and Tests =====

TBD

===== Implementation =====

After the project is implemented, this section should contain 
  - the version(s) it was merged to
  - a link to the git commit(s)
  - a link to the PHP manual entry for the feature

===== References =====

Links to external references, discussions or RFCs

===== Rejected Features =====

Keep this updated with features that were discussed on the mail lists.