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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] Prefix and Suffix Functions
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From: bobwei9@hotmail.com (Bob Weinand)

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Hey Carlos,

On 27.2.2026 14:31:16, Barel wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is to announce the opening of the vote for the Prefix and Suffix 
> Functions RFC
>
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/prefix_suffix_functions
> Discussion thread: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129842
>
> The vote will be open for 2 weeks (and a few hours), closing on March
> 13th at midnight UTC.
>
> Cheers
>
> Carlos


I like this RFC very much. I think every addition to the standard 
library needs to be well considered, but this one definitely crosses the 
bar.

Simple prefix and suffix operations are quite common - especially in 
scripting and manipulation of well-known strings.


While you certainly can write these with substr, it often either 
duplicates the string for the length or just hardcodes the length, both 
of which are equally ugly.
Sure, users can write helper functions for these, but I find below a 
certain size, users typically don't.

Thus I think this proposed change will lead to simpler and less 
error-prone code.


Bob

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    <p>Hey Carlos,</p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27.2.2026 14:31:16, Barel wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<br>
        <br>
        This is to announce the opening of the vote for the&nbsp;Prefix and
        Suffix Functions RFC
        <div><br>
          RFC:&nbsp;<a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/prefix_suffix_functions" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.php.net/rfc/prefix_suffix_functions</a><br>
          Discussion thread:&nbsp;<a href="https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129842" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129842</a><br>
          <br>
          The vote will be open for 2 weeks (and a few hours), closing
          on March<br>
          13th at midnight UTC.<font color="#888888"><br>
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        <div>Cheers<br>
          <br>
          Carlos</div>
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    </p>
    <p>I like this RFC very much. I think every addition to the standard
      library needs to be well considered, but this one definitely
      crosses the bar.</p>
    <p>Simple prefix and suffix operations are quite common - especially
      in scripting and manipulation of well-known strings.</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>While you certainly can write these with substr, it often either
      duplicates the string for the length or just hardcodes the length,
      both of which are equally ugly.<br>
      Sure, users can write helper functions for these, but I find below
      a certain size, users typically don't.</p>
    <p>Thus I think this proposed change will lead to simpler and less
      error-prone code.</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Bob</p>
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