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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate the extract function in PHP 7.3
From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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"then don't use it" worked great for `register_globals` and `magic_quotes`.
Not saying it is the same here, but you really ought to have a bit of a
mentality adjustment.


On 16 Sep 2017 11:36, "lists@rhsoft.net" <lists@rhsoft.net> wrote:



Am 15.09.2017 um 19:20 schrieb ilija.tovilo@me.com:

> Hi!
>
> The `extract` function takes an associative array and puts it into the
> local symbol table.
> http://php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php
>
> ```
> $array =3D [
>      =E2=80=98foo=E2=80=99 =3D> =E2=80=98foo=E2=80=99,
>      =E2=80=98bar=E2=80=99 =3D> =E2=80=98bar=E2=80=99,
> ];
>
> extract($array);
>
> print $foo; // "foo"
> ```
>
> As a second parameter the `extract` function takes some options to make
> this function less dangerous, like `EXTR_SKIP` that prevents an existing
> local variable of being overwritten. There=E2=80=99s a few more options, =
go ahead
> and take a look at the documentation. `EXTR_OVERWRITE` is the default one
> though. You can also pass a prefix for the variable names as a third
> argument.
>
> I seriously doubt the usefulness of this function
>

then don't use it - who are you proposing remove functionality because you
don't use it - fine, nobody forces you to do so -  a foreach() replacement
would miss EXTR_OVERWRITE - this whole thread is a "have solution, looking
for a problem"


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