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My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it

24 pointsby 1d agojakeasmith.com
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1d agoHN ↗

Author here, happy to answer any questions. I never imagined a polyfill for http_build_url would gain so much traction. After 12 years, deprecating it feels like the right move, especially given the new options from the community and PHP itself.

28m agoHN ↗

We used to work together at AOL. Glad to see you on here; I hope you're doing great!

3m agoHN ↗

Reading this threw me back to 2014 - how was working for AOL back then?

8m agoHN ↗

There is nothing as permanent as a temporary fix that works.