by reference (since PHP 5.3; use normal assignment instead) REMOVED • Scoped calls of non-static methods from incompatible $this context (since PHP 5.6) REMOVED The following functions are deprecated: • dl on fpm-fcgi (since PHP 5.3) REMOVED • set_magic_quotes_runtime and magic_quotes_runtime (since PHP 5.4) REMOVED • set_socket_blocking (since PHP 5.4; use stream_set_blocking instead) REMOVED • mcrypt_generic_end (since PHP 5.4; use mcrypt_generic_deinit instead) REMOVED • mcrypt_ecb, mcrypt_cbc, mcrypt_cfb and mcrypt_ofb (since PHP 5.5, but documented as deprecated earlier; use mcrypt_encrypt and mcrypt_decrypt instead) REMOVED • datefmt_set_timezone_id and IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZoneID (since PHP 5.5; use datefmt_set_timezone or IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone instead) REMOVED The following ini options are deprecated: • xsl.security_prefs (since PHP 5.4; use XsltProcessor::setSecurityPrefs instead) REMOVED The following miscellaneous functionality is deprecated: • The $is_dst parameter of the mktime() and gmmktime() functions (since PHP 5.1) REMOVED • # style comments in ini files (since PHP 5.3; use ; style comments instead) REMOVED • String category names in setlocale() (since PHP 5.3; use LC_* constants instead) REMOVED • Unsafe curl file uploads (since PHP 5.5; use CurlFile instead) REMOVED • preg_replace() eval modifier (since PHP 5.5; use preg_replace_callback instead) REMOVED • PDO::PGSQL_ATTR_DISABLE_NATIVE_PREPARED_STAT EMENT driver option (since PHP 5.6; use PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES instead) REMOVED • CN_match and SNI_server_name stream context option (since PHP 5.6; use peer_name instead) REMOVED