--- title: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.6 | daily.dev description: A PHP internals mailing list thread discussing a proposal to deprecate SplFileObject CSV methods (fputcsv, fgetcsv, setCsvControl, getCsvControl) in PHP 8.6.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-deprecations-for-php-8-6-56nezwlxp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.6 | daily.dev og:description: A PHP internals mailing list thread discussing a proposal to deprecate SplFileObject CSV methods (fputcsv, fgetcsv, setCsvControl, getCsvControl) in PHP 8.6.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-deprecations-for-php-8-6-56nezwlxp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/56nEZWLXP.png og:image:alt: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.6 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.6 **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A PHP internals mailing list thread discussing a proposal to deprecate SplFileObject CSV methods (fputcsv, fgetcsv, setCsvControl, getCsvControl) in PHP 8.6. The proposer argues these APIs are complex, hard to maintain, and expose design inconsistencies with named arguments, suggesting a dedicated ext/csv extension as a replacement. A core contributor (Gina P. Banyard) is open to including it in the bulk deprecations RFC if a written proposal is provided. Another contributor (Ignace Nyamagana Butera) pushes back, arguing deprecation is premature without a replacement API already in place. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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