-Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you should
-turn it off. Although MediaWiki will work with it enabled, it exposes your
-server to potential security vulnerabilities.
+Security reminder: If you have PHP's register_globals option set, you must
+turn it off. MediaWiki will no longer work with it enabled.
== MediaWiki 1.24 ==
production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.24 ===
+* MediaWiki will no longer run if register_globals is enabled. It has been
+ deprecated for 5 years now, and was removed in PHP 5.4. For more information
+ about why, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/register_globals>.
* The server's canonical hostname is available as $wgServerName, which is
exposed in both mw.config and ApiQuerySiteInfo.
* Introduced $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey as a backwards-compatibility switch,
set of hooks has been removed and replaced by a single new hook
SpecialPageBeforeFormDisplay.
* (bug 65781) Removed block warning on included {{Special:Contributions}}
+* Removed Skin::makeGlobalVariablesScript. (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed MWNamespace::isMain(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed Preferences::loadOldSearchNs(). (deprecated since 1.19)
+* Removed OutputPage::getStatusMessage(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed OutputPage::isUserJsAllowed(). (deprecated since 1.18)
+* Removed Title::updateTitleProtection(). (deprecated since 1.19)
==== Renamed classes ====
* CLDRPluralRuleConverter_Expression to CLDRPluralRuleConverterExpression