A long term project is to move all extension resources to objects as they are all in all better.

This issue aims to list the remaining usages of resources within php-src

Related RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/resource_to_object_conversion

PHP 8.0:

• cURL Convert CURL resources to objects php-src#5402
• enchant php/php-src@cd3e04d
• GD, GdImage [WIP] GD Resources -> Objects php-src#4714
• OpenSSL Convert OpenSSL resources to objects php-src#5860
  • OpenSSL X.509
  • OpenSSL X.509 CSR
  • OpenSSL key
• shmop Convert shmop resources to opaque objects php-src#5537
• sockets Convert resources to objects in ext/sockets php-src#5900
  • Socket
  • AddressInfo
• sysvmsg Convert resource to object in Sysvmsg php-src#5546
• sysvsem Convert resource to object in ext/sysvsem php-src#5508
• sysvshm Convert resource to object in Sysvshm extension php-src#5499
• XML - Convert ext/xml to use object instead of resource php-src#3526
• XML-RPC Convert resource to object in XML-RPC extension php-src#5457
• XMLWriter - Change XMLWriter resources to objects php-src#4706
• ZIP Deprecate the procedural API of ext/zip php-src#5746
• ZLIB: Convert resources to objects in ext/zlib php-src#5680

PHP 8.1:

• fileinfo Convert file_info resources to objects php-src#5987
• FTP: le_ftpbuf Convert FTP connection resource to an opaque object php-src#5945
• GD: le_gd_font php/php-src@bc40bce
• pspell: le_pspell, le_pspell_config php/php-src@bd12c94
• IMAP: le_imap Convert IMAP resource to object php-src#6418
• LDAP: le_link, le_result, le_result_entry (Convert resources to objects in ext/ldap php-src#6770 )
• pgsql: le_link, le_lofp (Convert resources to objects in ext/pgsql php-src#6791 ) - le_string (php/php-src@f26047f)

Scheduled for PHP 8.4:

• ODBC: le_result, le_conn, lepconn (Migrate ext/odbc resources to opaque objects php-src#12040 )
• SOAP: le_sdl, le_url, le_typemap (Migrate ext/soap resources to objects php-src#14121 , Migrate SOAP table resource to array php-src#14174 )
• DBA: le_db, le_pdb (Migrate ext/dba resources to objects php-src#14239 )
• com: le_istream, le_dispatch (No ext/com-dotnet resources php-src#14282 )

Scheduled for PHP 9.0:

• proc: le_proc_open (Migrate resource returned by proc_open() to opaque object php-src#12098 )

Remaining:

• stream (main/, ext/standard/) [libxml_set_streams_context() is also affected]
  • file/dir streams: le_stream / le_pstream
  • context: le_stream_context
  • filter: le_stream_filter
  • Bucket API: le_bucket / le_bucket_brigade

Persistent resources that are only used internally and not exposed to userland:

• MySQLi: le_pmysqli
• PDO: le_ppdo
• PGSQL: le_plink
• ODBC: le_pconn
• DBA: le_pdb