Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 4.4.9:

    * Updated PCRE to version 7.7.
    * Fixed overflow in memnstr().
    * Fixed crash in imageloadfont when an invalid font is given.
    * Fixed open_basedir handling issue in the curl extension.
    * Fixed mbstring.func_overload set in .htaccess becomes global.

For a full list of changes in PHP 4.4.9, see the ChangeLog.
(http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.9)

This also adds ${PREFIX}/lib/php to the default include_path in php.ini
which makes integration with PEAR a little simpler.

(adrianp)