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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:42:06 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] Prefix and Suffix Functions
To: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>,
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From: bobwei9@hotmail.com (Bob Weinand)

Hey Larry,

On 27.2.2026 17:32:47, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Though I would also question why so many people are voting for $subject-last for the secondary vote.
>
> --Larry Garfield


The two-argument variants are consistent with e.g. addcslashes (one 
subject operated on with an argument) - so that's perfectly consistent.

Then for replacing, you want consistency with str_replace, and 
preg_replace and such.


Bob