Remove E_STRICT and other PHP 5 related information (#730)

language-snippets.ent

@@ -1173,11 +1173,8 @@ It is strongly recommended to avoid timezone abbreviations.
 </simpara>'>
 
 <!ENTITY date.timezone.errors.description '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
-Every call to a date/time function will generate a <constant>E_NOTICE</constant>
-if the time zone is not valid, and/or a <constant>E_STRICT</constant>
-or <constant>E_WARNING</constant> message
-if using the system settings or the <varname>TZ</varname> environment
-variable. See also <function>date_default_timezone_set</function></para>'>
+Every call to a date/time function will generate a <constant>E_WARNING</constant>
+if the time zone is not valid. See also <function>date_default_timezone_set</function></para>'>
 
 <!ENTITY date.timezone.errors.changelog '<row xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"><entry>5.1.0</entry><entry><para>
 Now issues the <constant>E_STRICT</constant> and <constant>E_NOTICE</constant>
@@ -1233,7 +1230,9 @@ is inserted with (e.g.) <function xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">domnode_
 <!ENTITY dom.node.inserted 'This node will not show up in the document unless
 it is inserted with (e.g.) <function xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">DOMNode::appendChild</function>.'>
 
-<!ENTITY dom.allowstatic '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">This method <emphasis>may</emphasis> be called statically, but will issue an <constant>E_STRICT</constant> error.</para>'>
+<!ENTITY dom.allowstatic '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">Prior to PHP 8.0.0 this method
+<emphasis>could</emphasis> be called statically, but would issue an <constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant> error.
+As of PHP 8.0.0 calling this method statically throws an <classname>Error</classname> exception</para>'>
 <!ENTITY dom.malformederror '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">While malformed HTML should load successfully, this function may generate <constant>E_WARNING</constant> errors when it encounters bad markup. <link linkend="function.libxml-use-internal-errors">libxml&apos;s error handling functions</link> may be used to handle these errors.</para>'>
 <!ENTITY dom.note.utf8 '<note xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"><para>The DOM extension uses UTF-8 encoding. Use <function>utf8_encode</function> and <function>utf8_decode</function> to work with texts in ISO-8859-1 encoding or <link linkend="ref.iconv">iconv</link> for other encodings.</para></note>'>
 <!ENTITY dom.note.json '<note xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"><para>When using <function>json_encode</function> on a <classname>DOMDocument</classname> object the result will be that of encoding an empty object.</para></note>'>

language/errors/basics.xml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
    to <constant>E_ALL</constant>, as you need to be aware of and fix the
    issues raised by PHP. In production, you may wish to set this to a less
    verbose level such as
-   <code>E_ALL &amp; ~E_NOTICE &amp; ~E_STRICT &amp; ~E_DEPRECATED</code>, but
+   <code>E_ALL &amp; ~E_NOTICE &amp; ~E_DEPRECATED</code>, but
    in many cases <constant>E_ALL</constant> is also appropriate, as it may
    provide early warning of potential issues.
   </para>

reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ echo $doc->saveXML();
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-// Issues an E_STRICT error
+// Issues an E_DEPRECATED error
 $doc = DOMDocument::loadXML('<root><node/></root>');
 echo $doc->saveXML();
 ?>

reference/errorfunc/constants.xml

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
       to your code which will ensure the best interoperability
       and forward compatibility of your code.
      </entry>
-     <entry>Not included in <constant>E_ALL</constant> prior to PHP 5.4.0</entry>
+     <entry></entry>
     </row>
 
     <row xml:id="errorfunc.constants.errorlevels.e-recoverable-error">
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
       <function>set_error_handler</function>), the application aborts as it
       was an <constant>E_ERROR</constant>.
      </entry>
-     <entry>As of PHP 5.2.0</entry>
+     <entry></entry>
     </row>
 
     <row xml:id="errorfunc.constants.errorlevels.e-deprecated-error">
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
       Run-time notices. Enable this to receive warnings about code
       that will not work in future versions.
      </entry>
-     <entry>As of PHP 5.3.0</entry>
+     <entry></entry>
     </row>
 
     <row xml:id="errorfunc.constants.errorlevels.e-user-deprecated">
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
       <constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant>, except it is generated in PHP code by
       using the PHP function <function>trigger_error</function>.
      </entry>
-     <entry>As of PHP 5.3.0</entry>
+     <entry></entry>
     </row>
 
     <row xml:id="errorfunc.constants.errorlevels.e-all">
@@ -236,15 +236,9 @@
       (<type>int</type>)
      </entry>
      <entry>
-      All errors and warnings, as supported, except of level
-      <constant>E_STRICT</constant> prior to PHP 5.4.0.
-     </entry>
-     <entry>
-      32767 in PHP 5.4.x,
-      30719 in PHP 5.3.x,
-      6143 in PHP 5.2.x,
-      2047 previously
+      All errors, warnings, and notices.
      </entry>
+     <entry></entry>
     </row>
 
    </tbody>

reference/errorfunc/functions/error-reporting.xml

@@ -119,19 +119,11 @@ ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
 
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
-  <warning>
-   <simpara>
-    Most of <constant>E_STRICT</constant> errors are evaluated at the
-    compile time thus such errors are not reported in the file where
-    <link linkend="ini.error-reporting">error_reporting</link> is enhanced
-    to include <constant>E_STRICT</constant> errors (and vice versa).
-   </simpara>
-  </warning>
   <tip>
    <simpara>
     Passing in the value <literal>-1</literal> will show every possible error,
     even when new levels and constants are added in future PHP versions. The
-    <constant>E_ALL</constant> constant also behaves this way as of PHP 5.4.
+    behavior is equivalent to passing <constant>E_ALL</constant> constant.
    </simpara>
   </tip>
  </refsect1>

reference/errorfunc/ini.xml

@@ -162,18 +162,14 @@
       <link linkend="ini.display-errors">display_errors</link> directive.
      </para>
      <para>
-      PHP 5.3 or later, the default value
+      The default value
       is <constant>E_ALL</constant> &amp;
       ~<constant>E_NOTICE</constant> &amp;
       ~<constant>E_STRICT</constant> &amp;
       ~<constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant>. This setting does not
       show <constant>E_NOTICE</constant>, <constant>E_STRICT</constant>
       and <constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant> level errors. You may want
-      to show them during development. 
-      Prior to PHP 5.3.0, the default value
-      is <constant>E_ALL</constant> &amp;
-      ~<constant>E_NOTICE</constant> &amp;
-      ~<constant>E_STRICT</constant>.
+      to show them during development.
      </para>
      <note>
       <para>Enabling <constant>E_NOTICE</constant> during development has
@@ -187,20 +183,6 @@
       it is a string index for the array.
       </para>
      </note>
-     <note>
-      <para>
-       Prior to PHP 5.4.0 <constant>E_STRICT</constant> was not included within
-       <constant>E_ALL</constant>, so you would have to explicitly enable this kind of
-       error level in PHP &lt; 5.4.0. Enabling <constant>E_STRICT</constant> during development
-       has some benefits. STRICT messages provide suggestions that can help
-       ensure the best interoperability and forward compatibility of your code.
-       These messages may include things such as calling non-static methods
-       statically, defining properties in a compatible class definition while
-       defined in a used trait, and prior to PHP 5.3 some deprecated features
-       would issue <constant>E_STRICT</constant> errors such as assigning
-       objects by reference upon instantiation.
-      </para>
-     </note>
      <note>
       <title>PHP Constants outside of PHP</title>
       <para>

reference/filter/functions/filter-input-array.xml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
+
 /* data actually came from POST
 $_POST = array(
     'product_id' => 'libgd<script>',

reference/filter/functions/filter-var-array.xml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
+
 $data = array(
     'product_id'    => 'libgd<script>',
     'component'     => '10',

reference/mysqli/mysqli_stmt/next-result.xml

@@ -45,15 +45,6 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
- <refsect1 role="errors">
-  &reftitle.errors;
-  <para>
-   Emits an <constant>E_STRICT</constant> level error if a result set does
-   not exist, and suggests using <methodname>mysqli_stmt::more_results</methodname>
-   in these cases, before calling <methodname>mysqli_stmt::next_result</methodname>.
-  </para>
- </refsect1>
-
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>

reference/sockets/functions/socket-recvfrom.xml

@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
 
 $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
 socket_bind($socket, '127.0.0.1', 1223);