I think what may be needed here is to add a note in UPGRADING that UTF-8 text handling now obeys the W3C specification, and this may result in different output for invalid UTF-8 strings.
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I think what may be needed here is to add a note in UPGRADING that UTF-8 text handling now obeys the W3C specification, and this may result in different output for invalid UTF-8 strings.
Originally posted by @alexdowad in https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/12556#issuecomment-1784196510
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Start by locating the UPGRADING document and review the existing upgrade notes around UTF-8 text handling. Done means adding a note that handling now follows the W3C specification and may produce different output for invalid UTF-8 strings.
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