rfc:deprecate-backtick-operator-v2

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   * Date: 2019-10-04   * Date: 2019-10-04
   * Author: Mark Randall, marandall@php.net   * Author: Mark Randall, marandall@php.net
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Voting
   * First Published at:https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-backtick-operator-v2   * First Published at:https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-backtick-operator-v2
   * Target: 8.0   * Target: 8.0
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 * Certain language keyboards have no native key for backtick (An example provided by Girgias is the French AZERTY keyboard where you need to hold Alt GR + 7 + one or two Spacebar presses). * Certain language keyboards have no native key for backtick (An example provided by Girgias is the French AZERTY keyboard where you need to hold Alt GR + 7 + one or two Spacebar presses).
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 +===== Arguments Against =====
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 +* Backticks allow a combination of double-quotes and interpolation without needing to escape the double quotes. 
  
 ===== Backward Incompatible Changes ===== ===== Backward Incompatible Changes =====
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 Should the operator eventually be removed, there would be a BC break that would require code using it to be updated to reflect the alternative mechanisms documented in "Program Execution Functions", specifically shell_exec which is functionally identical.  Should the operator eventually be removed, there would be a BC break that would require code using it to be updated to reflect the alternative mechanisms documented in "Program Execution Functions", specifically shell_exec which is functionally identical. 
  
-For most cases, this should be an easy upgrade route as there is a 1-to-1 replacement between `expression` and shell_exec("expression"), and should complete removal eventually become viable, scripts are already available to migrate, such as CS-Fixer with the backtick_to_shell_exec flag, see https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer.+For most cases, this should be an easy upgrade route as there is a 1-to-1 replacement between `expression` and shell_exec("expression") (Note: As noted in arguments against, inline double quotes must be escaped), and should complete removal eventually become viable, scripts are already available to migrate, such as CS-Fixer with the backtick_to_shell_exec flag, see https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer.
  
 ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) =====
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-===== Proposed Voting Choices ===== +===== Vote ===== 
-Yes / No vote to deprecate the backtick operator requiring a 2/3rds majority.+Voting started 2019-10-31 and will end 2019-11-15. A 2/3 majority is required. 
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 +<doodle title="Deprecate backtick operator in PHP 8.0?" auth="marandall" voteType="single" closed="false"> 
 +   * Yes 
 +   * No 
 +</doodle> 
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
rfc/deprecate-backtick-operator-v2.txt · Last modified: 2019/11/15 12:20 by marandall

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