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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:47:08 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Split as an alias to explode
To: mickmackusa <mickmackusa@gmail.com>
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From: dragoonis@gmail.com (Paul Dragoonis)

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 10:30=E2=80=AFPM mickmackusa <mickmackusa@gmail.com> =
wrote:

> I don't see any benefit to re-adding split() to the language. Why create
> more keywords for the sake of a function name with fewer characters? Code
> golfing isn't a goal of the language.
>
> Rather, we should be going the other way and removing aliases that are no=
t
> needed such as chop(), sizeof(), join(), etc.
>
> Adding new function names should be done with a particular benefit in min=
d.
>
> For example, create the preg_escape() function and allow its first
> parameter to be scalar or a flat array (like multiple other preg_
> functions) so that you don't have to call preg_quote() while looping an
> array of terms before imploding with pipes to create a dynamic pattern.
> Then the semantically misleading preg_quote() function (which doesn't
> actually add quotes) can be removed and the language is left with a more
> usable, more indictively named function.
>
> My 2 cents,
> mickmackusa
>


Ancient history aside and forward looking; JavaScript took a huge boom in
recent years and overtook PHP in areas of new adoption and code DX

Making it a smoother transition for JS devs to hop back on the modern PHP
train is in all our shared interest in terms of user base, and split()
would help this.

So why not?

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contai=
ner"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 10:30=E2=
=80=AFPM mickmackusa &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mickmackusa@gmail.com">mickmacku=
sa@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div di=
r=3D"auto">I don&#39;t see any benefit to re-adding split() to the language=
. Why create more keywords for the sake of a function name with fewer chara=
cters? Code golfing isn&#39;t a goal of the language.<div dir=3D"auto"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"auto">Rather, we should be going the other way and removi=
ng aliases that are not needed such as chop(), sizeof(), join(), etc.</div>=
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Adding new function names sho=
uld be done with a particular benefit in mind.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto">For example, create the preg_escape() function and a=
llow its first parameter to be scalar or a flat array (like multiple other =
preg_ functions) so that you don&#39;t have to call preg_quote() while loop=
ing an array of terms before imploding with pipes to create a dynamic patte=
rn. Then the semantically misleading preg_quote() function (which doesn&#39=
;t actually add quotes) can be removed and the language is left with a more=
 usable, more indictively named function.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>=
<div dir=3D"auto">My 2 cents,</div><div dir=3D"auto">mickmackusa</div></div=
></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"auto">Ancient history aside and forward looking; JavaScr=
ipt took a huge boom in recent years and overtook PHP in areas of new adopt=
ion and code DX</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Making i=
t a smoother transition for JS devs to hop back on the modern PHP train is =
in all our shared interest in terms of user base, and split() would help th=
is.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">So why not?</d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"></div><div dir=3D"auto"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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