Phan Files

New features(Analysis):

• Infer that json_encode always returns a string in PHP >= 7.3 when JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR is used #4946

New features(CLI, Configs):

• Allow passing --minimum-target-php-version=native from the command line. #4939

Bug fixes:

• Fix type of the $gc argument to session_set_save_handler #4891
• Update various IntlDateFormatter signatures #4898
• Fix various false positives when using enable_class_alias_support and two aliases refer to each other #4897
• Fix deprecation warnings when using the CSV printer in PHP 8.4 #4913
• Fix false positive PhanParamTooFewInternal with exit() in PHP 8.4 #4888
• Fix edge case false positives for inferred type of properties of $this #4916
• Fix false positive PhanPossiblyUndeclaredVariable in loops when redundant condition detection is enabled #4885, #4617
• Fix crash in PHP >= 8.3 due to increment or decrement on non-literal strings #4860

Plugins:

• Fix dir() and getdir() being reversed in DeprecateAliasPlugin #4882
• Make PHPDocRedundantPlugin handle magic methods #4931
• Fix UnknownElementTypePlugin flagging variadic parameters with mixed type #4927
• Update PHPDocToRealTypesPlugin for PHP 8 #4936

Miscellaneous:

• Require php-ast 1.1.2 or newer in PHP 8.4+ if php-ast is installed. #4895
• Support automatically setting target PHP version from composer.json for PHP >= 8.2 #4903, #4940
• Allow netresearch/jsonmapper ^5.0 #4901
• Update tests for PHP 8.4 #4902, #4907, #4909, #4911 #4912, #4917, #4923, #4925, #4934
• Support analyzing exit() in PHP 8.4 #4908
• Consistently disable the garbage collector for all entry points #4928