[php-src] master: [skip ci] Better NEWS entry for the metaphone deprecation

Weilin Du via GitHub <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:13:47 +0000

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Author: Weilin Du (LamentXU123)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: LamentXU123
Date: 2026-08-11T16:13:44+08:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b48a1595eb40cbddb24e527d43bc7b6be7203452
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b48a1595eb40cbddb24e527d43bc7b6be7203452.diff

[skip ci] Better NEWS entry for the metaphone deprecation

This aligns with what other deprecation entries read.

Changed paths:
  M  NEWS


Diff:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35d78d928995..df22c2cea467 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Added the "filter.max_filter_count" stream context option for php://filter
     URLs. Using more than 16 filters without configuring this option is now
     deprecated. (Sjoerd Langkemper)
-  . metaphone() is now deprecated. (Weilin Du)
+  . The metaphone() function is now deprecated, use a userland phonetic
+    matching library instead. (Weilin Du)
   . Improved performance of array_intersect(). (mehmetcansahin)
   . Fixed bug GH-23006 (phpcredits() full-page HTML title says phpinfo()).
     (Weilin Du)