[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35517: Work around PHP7 php-ssh2 breakage

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#35517: Work around PHP7 php-ssh2 breakage
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 Reporter:  dougal          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Filesystem API  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by dd32):

 > Do we have any numbers on how many servers have allow_url_fopen turned
 off?

 WordPress.org doesn't collect stats on information such as that, and we
 could switch most of the class to using the `ssh2_sftp_*` class of
 functions instead (which wouldn't be restricted by `allow_url_fopen`)
 however I'm not sure the intersection between the two is enough to warrant
 switching.

 I will say, eliminating the usage of stream wrappers in preference for the
 functions seems like a better reason for change than working around the
 PHP7 breakage.

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