Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/info.configuration
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assert.active boolean
Enable assert() evaluation.
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This is no longer true. PHP 7 requires setting zend.assertions=1 in php.ini or assert() will never do nothing.

The above referenced runtime configuration should include following from http://php.net/assert:

PHP 7 configuration directives for assert()

Directive	Default value	Possible values

zend.assertions	(default 1)
1: generate and execute code (development mode)
0: generate code but jump around it at runtime
-1: do not generate code (production mode)

assert.exception (default 0)
1: throw when the assertion fails, either by throwing the object provided as the exception or by throwing a new AssertionError object if exception wasn't provided
0: use or generate a Throwable as described above, but only generate a warning based on that object rather than throwing it (compatible with PHP 5 behaviour)


Test script:
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<?php ini_set("assert.active", 1); assert(false); ?>

or directly from command line:
php -d zend.assertions=-1  -r 'ini_set("assert.active", 1); assert(false);'
vs
php -d zend.assertions=1  -r 'ini_set("assert.active", 1); assert(false);'


Expected result:
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Above test script should display a warning or uncatched exception about failed assert. Instead, with default PHP 7 configuration, nothing will happen.