Whatnot:
* updated alloc_persist to use critical sections
* changed extension shutdown to two-phase
* updated dependencies
* PR support (don't remember if there was any really)

This patch is a go. Not fully optimized yet, but working properly.
Prepatch tagged as BEFORE_STACK_PATCH.

We need to initialize the utility values after we initialize the INI file, which in
turn, is after we initialize Zend. Set the utility values separately from Zend's
initialization

Zend Library