[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49810: Remove workaround for $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA bug present in PHP < 5.2.2

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#49810: Remove workaround for $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA bug present in PHP < 5.2.2
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 Reporter:  skoskie                              |       Owner:
                                                 |  SergeyBiryukov
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  XML-RPC                              |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  trivial                              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing has-unit-    |     Focuses:  rest-api
  tests                                          |
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Comment (by TimothyBlynJacobs):

 > They can without any problem by using file_get_contents('php://input')
 which is the recommended alternative for the removed PHP global.

 Yes, of course they can update their code to do that. Developers using the
 XML-RPC based one could as well. It is still a BC break that costs us very
 little to maintain.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49810#comment:18>
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