My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it

In 2014 I wrote http_build_url, a temporary PHP polyfill for AOL
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A PHP polyfill created nearly a decade ago has gained almost 20 million installs, but its creator is now announcing its deprecation. Find out why this long-standing solution is being phased out and what it means for developers.

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