protocolbuffers/protobuf

PHP: C extension has undocumented "append" function that has no package parity.

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#26,188 opened on Mar 3, 2026

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Description

What version of protobuf and what language are you using? Version: Any/all. Has existed from the introduction of the package Language: PHP

What did you do? https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/php/ext/google/protobuf/array.c#L245-L263

RepeatedField and the now removed Internal\RepeatedField in the C extension have an append() function that has never had a matching append() function in the php-only package, which can cause static analysis and type confusion.

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Research direction
Add the append() function to the PHP pure package to match the C extension's append() function, ensuring consistency and preventing type confusion.
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phpc
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