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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] path_join function
From: gunnard@gunnard.org (Gunnard engebreth)

hello!

On 5/17/23 10:53 AM, Mikhail Galanin via internals wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the proposal - it echoes somewhere inside me.
>
> Just a little side-view of the problem...
> Personally, I will be a fan of Kotlin-style Path API
>
> E.g., the path is an object so we can get path items, and get
> sub-path/resolve child nodes.
> It appeared to be quite useful in practice.
>
> Examples:
> - https://stonesoupprogramming.com/2017/11/27/kotlin-path-interface/
> - https://www.baeldung.com/kotlin/kotlin-path-api
>
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 4:36 PM Tim Düsterhus <tim@bastelstu.be> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On 5/17/23 16:54, php@shyim.de wrote:
>>> When you concat just the paths you have to think about:
>>> - normalize string part to strip ending slash
>> Why is it necessary to strip the ending slash?
>>
>>> - for windows compatibility you have to use DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR
>>>
>> I don't use Windows, but to the best of my knowledge, using the '/' is
>> equivalent to the backslash. Is there a case where the difference matters?
>>
>>> I am really looking for your feedback, right now I have no “karma points” to create a RFC in the wiki :)
>>>
>> If you want to proceed with an actual RFC, the folks handing out the RFC
>> karma would need your Wiki name.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Tim Düsterhus
>>
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> Maybe im missing something here but the already available `dirname()` does this. right?
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php