This patch removes the so called local variables defined per
file basis for certain editors to properly show tab width, and
similar settings. These are mainly used by Vim and Emacs editors
yet with recent changes the once working definitions don't work
anymore in Vim without custom plugins or additional configuration.
Neither are these settings synced across the PHP code base.
A simpler and better approach is EditorConfig and fixing code
using some code style fixing tools in the future instead.
This patch also removes the so called modelines for Vim. Modelines
allow Vim editor specifically to set some editor configuration such as
syntax highlighting, indentation style and tab width to be set in the
first line or the last 5 lines per file basis. Since the php test
files have syntax highlighting already set in most editors properly and
EditorConfig takes care of the indentation settings, this patch removes
these as well for the Vim 6.0 and newer versions.
With the removal of local variables for certain editors such as
Emacs and Vim, the footer is also probably not needed anymore when
creating extensions using ext_skel.php script.
Additionally, Vim modelines for setting php syntax and some editor
settings has been removed from some *.phpt files. All these are
mostly not relevant for phpt files neither work properly in the
middle of the file.
This is one of the last old and odd deprecated settings we still have in PHP, it was never fully implemented in all the database extensions and should probably have been gone back in 5.4, along with safe_mode. Although if my memory strikes me right, mysql was also supporting it back then, but not mysqli.
So far only interbase was supporting this feature, and the removal of it causes two effects for interbase:
- CREATE DATABASE is now allowed no matter
- The default database set by php.ini (ibase.default_db) is no longer forced
http://php.net/ini.core#ini.sql.safe-mode
