[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: Remove bundled expat default support and rename --with-expat-dir to --with-expat (#4678)

Author: ShotaroMuraoka (ShotaroMuraoka)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: lacatoire
Date: 2026-08-20T11:28:58+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/c1b9c92d863bd1b4f82b13b4d13b8ab27caa66f0
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/c1b9c92d863bd1b4f82b13b4d13b8ab27caa66f0.diff

Remove bundled expat default support and rename --with-expat-dir to --with-expat (#4678)

* Rename --with-libexpat-dir to --with-expat and drop directory argument support

Changed paths:
  M  reference/xml/configure.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/xml/configure.xml b/reference/xml/configure.xml
index b28803e0bbba..f862c89b3b7d 100644
--- a/reference/xml/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/xml/configure.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,32 @@
   &installation.enabled.disable;
   <option role="configure">--disable-xml</option>
  </para>
- <!-- TODO the following needs researched and updated -->
- <para>
-  These functions are enabled by default, using the bundled expat library.
-  You can disable XML support with
-  <option role="configure">--disable-xml</option>.
-  If you compile PHP as a module for Apache 1.3.9 or later, PHP will
-  automatically use the bundled <productname>expat</productname> library from
-  Apache. If you don't want to use the bundled expat library, configure
-  PHP with <option role="configure">--with-expat-dir=DIR</option>, where DIR should
-  point to the base installation directory of expat.
- </para>
  &windows.builtin;
+ <simplesect role="changelog">
+ &reftitle.changelog;
+  <para>
+   <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+     <thead>
+      <row>
+       <entry>&Version;</entry>
+       <entry>&Description;</entry>
+      </row>
+     </thead>
+     <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry>7.4.0</entry>
+       <entry>
+        The <option role="configure">--with-libexpat-dir</option> has been renamed to
+        <option role="configure">--with-expat</option> and no longer accepts a directory argument.
+        The bundled expat library has been removed.
+       </entry>
+      </row>
+     </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+   </informaltable>
+  </para>
+ </simplesect>
 </section>
 
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