[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33432: PemFTP uses the ereg extension, which PHP7 removed

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#33432: PemFTP uses the ereg extension, which PHP7 removed
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 Reporter:  dd32            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Filesystem API  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                  |
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 We include PemFTP which is a pure-php implementation of FTP for usage when
 the PHP FTP Extension is unavailable.

 We should convert PemFTP from using the ereg set of functions, to using
 PCRE (preg_*), for both PHP7 compatibility and to remove the PHP
 Deprecated notices in PHP 5.3+.

 It looks like the work done in the below GitHub repo is what's needed:
 https://github.com/yama/PemFTP

 I believe the PemFTP library is unmaintained upstream, and we already have
 a number of customisations.

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