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Latest PECL Releases:base58 0.1.3 First PECL release. protobuf 3.7.0RC3 GA release. parallel 0.8.1 - fix gh#11 Future::value after Future::select hangs redis 4.3.0RC1 phpredis 4.3.0RC1 This is probably the latest release with PHP 5 suport!!! Proper persistent connections pooling implementation [a3703820, c76e00fb, 0433dc03, c75b3b93] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) RedisArray auth [b5549cff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing key hashing algorithm [8cd165df, 64e6a57f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Add ZPOPMAX and ZPOPMIN support [46f03561, f89e941a, 2ec7d91a] (@mbezhanov, Michael Grunder) Implement GEORADIUS_RO and GEORADIUSBYMEMBER_RO [22d81a94] (Michael Grunder) Add callback parameter to subscribe/psubscribe arginfo [0653ff31] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Don't check the number affected keys in PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC [b00060ce] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Xgroup updates [15995c06] (Michael Grunder) RedisCluster auth [c5994f2a] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Cancel pipeline mode without executing commands [789256d7] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for pipeline_cmd [e98f5116] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Different key hashing algorithms from hash extension [850027ff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Breaking the lock acquire loop in case of network problems [61889cd7] (@SkydiveMarius) Implement consistent hashing algorithm for RedisArray [bb32e6f3, 71922bf1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing RedisArray hosts [602740d3, 3e7e1c83] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Update lzf_compress to be compatible with PECL lzf extension [b27fd430] (@jrchamp) Fix RedisCluster keys memory leak [3b56b7db] (Michael Grunder) Directly use return_value in RedisCluster::keys method [ad10a49e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Fix segfault in Redis Cluster with inconsistent configuration [72749916, 6e455e2e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Masters info leakfix [91bd7426] (Michael Grunder) Refactor redis_sock_read_bulk_reply [bc4dbc4b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove unused parameter lazy_connect from redis_sock_create [c0793e8b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove useless ZEND_ACC_[C|D]TOR. [bc9b5597] (@twosee) Documentation improvements (@fanjiapeng, @alexander-schranz, @hmc, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko, Michael Grunder) datadog_trace 0.13.4 Special thanks to @stayallive for helping us debugging the memory issues in his environment! His help and guidance were of paramount importance. Fixed Accessing freed memory when instrumentation code un/instrumented itself #314 Freeing $this object prematurely in PHP-FPM VM #317 redis 4.2.1RC1 phpredis 4.2.1RC1 This is probably the latest release with PHP 5 suport!!! Proper persistent connections pooling implementation [a3703820, c76e00fb, 0433dc03, c75b3b93] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) RedisArray auth [b5549cff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing key hashing algorithm [8cd165df, 64e6a57f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Add ZPOPMAX and ZPOPMIN support [46f03561, f89e941a, 2ec7d91a] (@mbezhanov, Michael Grunder) Implement GEORADIUS_RO and GEORADIUSBYMEMBER_RO [22d81a94] (Michael Grunder) Add callback parameter to subscribe/psubscribe arginfo [0653ff31] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Don't check the number affected keys in PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC [b00060ce] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Xgroup updates [15995c06] (Michael Grunder) RedisCluster auth [c5994f2a] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Cancel pipeline mode without executing commands [789256d7] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for pipeline_cmd [e98f5116] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Different key hashing algorithms from hash extension [850027ff] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Breaking the lock acquire loop in case of network problems [61889cd7] (@SkydiveMarius) Implement consistent hashing algorithm for RedisArray [bb32e6f3, 71922bf1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Use zend_string for storing RedisArray hosts [602740d3, 3e7e1c83] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Update lzf_compress to be compatible with PECL lzf extension [b27fd430] (@jrchamp) Fix RedisCluster keys memory leak [3b56b7db] (Michael Grunder) Directly use return_value in RedisCluster::keys method [ad10a49e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Fix segfault in Redis Cluster with inconsistent configuration [72749916, 6e455e2e] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Masters info leakfix [91bd7426] (Michael Grunder) Refactor redis_sock_read_bulk_reply [bc4dbc4b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove unused parameter lazy_connect from redis_sock_create [c0793e8b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko) Remove useless ZEND_ACC_[C|D]TOR. [bc9b5597] (@twosee) Documentation improvements (@fanjiapeng, @alexander-schranz, @hmc, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko, Michael Grunder) pdo_sqlsrv 5.6.0 [Added] - Added support for PHP 7.3 - Added support for Linux SUSE 15, Ubuntu 18.10 and mac OS Mojave - Feature Request [#415](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/886) - new options at connection and statement levels for both drivers for formatting decimal values in the fetched results - Added support for Azure AD Access Token (in Linux / macOS this requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server) and [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) 2.3.6+) - Added support for Authentication with Azure Active Directory using Managed Identity for Azure Resources (requires [MS ODBC Driver 17.3+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server)) - Feature Request [#842](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/842) - new PDO_STMT_OPTION_FETCHES_DATETIME_TYPE flag for pdo_sqlsrv to return datetime as objects [Removed] - Dropped support for Linux Ubuntu 17.10 and mac OS El Capitan - Dropped support for PHP 7.0 - [Version 5.3](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?view=sql-server-2017) is the last to support PHP 7.0. [Fixed] - Issue [#434](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/434) - To avoid possible crashes, before freeing stmt in the destructor check if its dbh driver data is NULL - Pull Request [#833](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/833) - Streamlined the error handling to remove a potential cause of crash - Pull Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations (use /Qspectre switch) for PHP 7.2 (see related Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878)) - Pull Request [#854](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/854) - Clear Azure Key Vault data after connection attributes are successfully set or when exception is thrown - Pull Request [#855](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/855) - Improved performance by saving meta data before fetching and skipping unnecessary conversions for numeric data - Pull Request [#865](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/865) - Corrected the way SQLPutData and SQLParamData are used when sending stream data to the server - Pull Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations for PHP 7.1 (see related Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836)) - Pull Request [#891](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/891) - Improved performance of Unicode conversions - Pull Request [#892](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/892) - Removed warning messages while compiling extensions - Pull Request [#904](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/904) - Enabled compiling extensions statically into PHP - Pull Request [#907](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/907) - Initialized output param buffer when allocating extra space - Pull Request [#919](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/919) - Initialized a boolean variable before passing it by reference into a function that will modify its value [Limitations] - No support for inout / output params when using sql_variant type - No support for inout / output params when formatting decimal values - In Linux and macOS, setlocale() only takes effect if it is invoked before the first connection. Attempting to set the locale after connecting will not work - Always Encrypted requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017) - Only Windows Certificate Store and Azure Key Vault are supported. Custom Keystores are not yet supported - Issue [#716](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/716) - With Always Encrypted enabled, named parameters in subqueries are not supported - [Always Encrypted limitations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/using-always-encrypted-php-drivers?view=sql-server-2017#limitations-of-the-php-drivers-when-using-always-encrypted) [Known Issues] - Connection pooling on Linux or macOS is not recommended with [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) < 2.3.7 - When pooling is enabled in Linux or macOS - unixODBC <= 2.3.4 (Linux and macOS) might not return proper diagnostic information, such as error messages, warnings and informative messages - due to this unixODBC bug, fetch large data (such as xml, binary) as streams as a workaround. See the examples [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#pooling) - With ColumnEncryption enabled, calling stored procedure with XML parameter does not work (Issue [#674](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/674)) - In SUSE 15, Azure Active Directory connections may fail if PHP is installed from packages (Issue [#934](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/934)) sqlsrv 5.6.0 [Added] - Added support for PHP 7.3 - Added support for Linux SUSE 15, Ubuntu 18.10 and mac OS Mojave - Feature Request [#415](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/886) - new options at connection and statement levels for both drivers for formatting decimal values in the fetched results - Added support for Azure AD Access Token (in Linux / macOS this requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server) and [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) 2.3.6+) - Added support for Authentication with Azure Active Directory using Managed Identity for Azure Resources (requires [MS ODBC Driver 17.3+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server)) - Feature Request [#844](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/844) - add ReturnDatesAsStrings option to statement level for sqlsrv [Removed] - Dropped support for Linux Ubuntu 17.10 and mac OS El Capitan - Dropped support for PHP 7.0 - [Version 5.3](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?view=sql-server-2017) is the last to support PHP 7.0. [Fixed] - Pull Request [#833](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/833) - Streamlined the error handling to remove a potential cause of crash - Pull Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations (use /Qspectre switch) for PHP 7.2 (see related Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878)) - Pull Request [#854](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/854) - Clear Azure Key Vault data after connection attributes are successfully set or when exception is thrown - Pull Request [#855](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/855) - Improved performance by saving meta data before fetching and skipping unnecessary conversions for numeric data - Pull Request [#865](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/865) - Corrected the way SQLPutData and SQLParamData are used when sending stream data to the server - Pull Request [#878](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/878) - Modified the config files to enable Spectre Mitigations for PHP 7.1 (see related Request [#836](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/836)) - Pull Request [#891](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/891) - Improved performance of Unicode conversions - Pull Request [#892](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/892) - Removed warning messages while compiling extensions - Pull Request [#904](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/904) - Enabled compiling extensions statically into PHP - Pull Request [#907](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/907) - Initialized output param buffer when allocating extra space - Pull Request [#919](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/pull/919) - Initialized a boolean variable before passing it by reference into a function that will modify its value [Limitations] - No support for inout / output params when using sql_variant type - No support for inout / output params when formatting decimal values - In Linux and macOS, setlocale() only takes effect if it is invoked before the first connection. Attempting to set the locale after connecting will not work - Always Encrypted requires [MS ODBC Driver 17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017) - Only Windows Certificate Store and Azure Key Vault are supported. Custom Keystores are not yet supported - Issue [#716](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/716) - With Always Encrypted enabled, named parameters in subqueries are not supported - [Always Encrypted limitations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/using-always-encrypted-php-drivers?view=sql-server-2017#limitations-of-the-php-drivers-when-using-always-encrypted) [Known Issues] - Connection pooling on Linux or macOS is not recommended with [unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) < 2.3.7 - When pooling is enabled in Linux or macOS - unixODBC <= 2.3.4 (Linux and macOS) might not return proper diagnostic information, such as error messages, warnings and informative messages - due to this unixODBC bug, fetch large data (such as xml, binary) as streams as a workaround. See the examples [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#pooling) - With ColumnEncryption enabled, calling stored procedure with XML parameter does not work (Issue [#674](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/674)) - In SUSE 15, Azure Active Directory connections may fail if PHP is installed from packages (Issue [#934](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/934)) libsodium 2.0.21 - Detached signature strings were not properly terminated. This has been fixed. apcu_bc 1.0.5 - fix skipif.inc path in test suite - remove APCU version from phpinfo - remove Build date from phpinfo win32service 0.4.0 * Add win32_send_custom_control, win32_set_service_exit_mode and win32_set_service_exit_code functions. * Add severals constants. * Add many configuration option for win32_create_service function. The binary is also available here: https://github.com/win32service/win32service/releases/tag/v0.4.0 datadog_trace 0.13.3 ### Fixed - 7.x handling of `$this` pointer passed to the closure causing errors in PHP VM #311 datadog_trace 0.13.2 ### Added - Optional extension .so files compiled with "-g" flag #306 - Log backtrace on segmentation fault, enabled via ddtrace.log_backtrace=1 #300 Fixed Auto-instrumentation when user's autoloader throws exception on not found #305

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