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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:11:14 +1000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Prefix and Suffix Functions
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From: mickmackusa@gmail.com (mickmackusa)

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While I am not a voting member of the community, I am unconvinced that
there is a sufficient appetite from the PHP community for this new family
of string functions.

I mean, when I discussed the possibility of array_transpose(), I could list
nearly 100 Stack Overflow pages that called for such a function (without
all the potential bugs involved with spreading techniques).
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/417663/2943403

Do you see many calls for your proposed functions in the wild? Are there 5
questions on Stack Overflow where these functions provide a resounding
benefit? I've hunted a little and haven't found any, but I might be
searching poorly. Are there pre-existing  implementations in repos that we
can observe?

In the absence of real demand, perhaps these should merely be in a userland
library.

I also agree that the $subject should be the first parameter, like
substr_replace().

Mick

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<div dir=3D"auto">While I am not a voting member of the community, I am unc=
onvinced that there is a sufficient appetite from the PHP community for thi=
s new family of string functions.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"au=
to">I mean, when I discussed the possibility of array_transpose(), I could =
list nearly 100 Stack Overflow pages that called for such a function (witho=
ut all the potential bugs involved with spreading techniques).=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/417663/2943403">https://meta.stackover=
flow.com/q/417663/2943403</a></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"=
auto">Do you see many calls for your proposed functions in the wild? Are th=
ere 5 questions on Stack Overflow where these functions provide a resoundin=
g benefit? I&#39;ve hunted a little and haven&#39;t found any, but I might =
be searching poorly. Are there pre-existing=C2=A0 implementations in repos =
that we can observe?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">In =
the absence of real demand, perhaps these should merely be in a userland li=
brary.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I also agree that=
 the $subject should be the first parameter, like substr_replace().</div><d=
iv dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Mick</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br=
></div></div>

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