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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:17:31 +0000
To: Dusk <dusk@woofle.net>
Cc: Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net>, PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.4
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From: internals@gpb.moe ("Gina P. Banyard")

On Wednesday, 26 June 2024 at 06:39, Dusk <dusk@woofle.net> wrote:

> On Jun 25, 2024, at 22:18, Mike Schinkel mike@newclarity.net wrote:
>=20
> > This leads me to think `strtok()` should not be deprecated given how in=
efficient string handling in PHP can otherwise be, at least not without a m=
uch more efficient object for string parsing.
>=20
>=20
> What would be really useful as a replacement for strtok() - among other t=
hings - would be a function analogous to MySQL's SUBSTRING_INDEX():
>=20
> https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/string-functions.html#function_su=
bstring-index
>=20
> Where SUBSTRING_INDEX($a, $b, $c) is functionally equivalent to explode($=
a, $b)[$c], but with the added ability to use negative indices to count fro=
m the end of the input.

That is a rather interesting function that I did not know existed in MySQL.
I agree this would be useful, and probably should be its own RFC/thread.

Best regards,

Gina P. Banyard