By mcdruid on
Change record status: 
Published (View all published change records)
Project: 
Drupal core
Introduced in branch: 
7.x
Introduced in version: 
7.68
Issue links: 
https://www.drupal.org/node/2814031
Description: 

In Drupal 7, the data element of the $options parameter previously had to be a string containing the request body:

 * @param array $options                                                            
 *   (optional) An array that can have one or more of the following elements:   
       
 *   - data: A string containing the request body, formatted as                     
 *     'param=value&param=value&...'; to generate this, use http_build_query(). 
 *     Defaults to NULL.

It's now possible to pass this as an array, which will be converted automatically.

 * @param array $options                                                            
 *   (optional) An array that can have one or more of the following elements:   
         
 *   - data: An array containing the values for the request body or a string
 *     containing the request body, formatted as                             
 *     'param=value&param=value&...'; to generate this, use                         
 *     drupal_http_build_query(). Defaults to NULL.
Impacts: 
Module developers