@@ -89,6 +89,34 @@ PHP 7.1 UPGRADE NOTES
8989- OpenSSL:
9090 . Dropped sslv2 stream.
9191
92+ - Session:
93+ . Session ID is generated from CSPNG directly. As a result, Session ID length
94+ could be any length between 22 and 256. Note: Max size of session ID depends
95+ on save handler you are using.
96+ . Following INIs are removed
97+ . session.hash_function
98+ . session.hash_bits_per_charactor
99+ . session.entropy_file
100+ . session.entropy_length
101+ . New INIs and defaults
102+ . session.sid_length (Number of session ID characters - 22 to 256.
103+ (php.ini-* default: 26 Compitled default: 32)
104+ . session.sid_bits_per_character (Bits used per character. 4 to 6.
105+ php.ini-* default: 5 Compiled default: 4)
106+ Length of old session ID string is determined as follows
107+ . Used hash function's bits.
108+ . session.hash_function=0 - MD5 128 bits (This was default)
109+ . session.hash_function=1 - SHA1 192 bits
110+ . Bits per character. (4, 5 or 6 bits per character)
111+ . Examples
112+ MD5 and 4 bits = 32 chars, ceil(128/4)=32
113+ MD5 and 5 bits = 26 chars, ceil(128/5)=26
114+ MD5 and 6 bits = 22 chars, ceil(128/6)=22
115+ SHA1 and 4 bits = 48 chars, ceil(192/4)=48
116+ SHA2 and 5 bits = 39 chars, ceil(192/5)=39
117+ SHA1 and 6 bits = 32 chars, ceil(192/6)=32
118+ and so on.
119+
92120- Reflection:
93121 . The behavior of ReflectionMethod::invoke() and ::invokeArgs() has been
94122 aligned, what causes slightly different behavior than before for some
@@ -280,8 +308,7 @@ PHP 7.1 UPGRADE NOTES
280308 . Custom session handlers that do not return strings for session IDs will
281309 now throw an instance of Error instead of resulting in a fatal error
282310 when a function is called that must generate a session ID.
283- . An invalid setting for session.hash_function will throw an instance of
284- Error instead of resulting in a fatal error when a session ID is created.
311+ . Only CSPRNG is used to generate session ID.
285312
286313- SimpleXML:
287314 . Creating an unnamed or duplicate attribute will throw an instance of Error
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