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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 10:51:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Prefix and Suffix Functions
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From: tovilo.ilija@gmail.com (Ilija Tovilo)

Hi Carlos

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 10:41=E2=80=AFAM Barel <barel.barelon@gmail.com> wro=
te:
>
> It's been 14 days since the last change to the RFC and there have been no=
 further discussions, so the cooldown period is over and I would like to an=
nounce the start of the voting
>
> Link to the RFC for reference: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/prefix_suffix_fun=
ctions

Sorry for my late feedback.

What's the rationale for $subject being the last parameter only in
str_prefix_replace() and str_suffix_replace()? I feel pretty strongly
that the subject should always be the first parameter. We don't want
to add to the classic haystack/needle confusion.

Regards,
Ilija