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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:30:11 +0100
To: Morgan <Weedpacket@varteg.nz>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Array arguments for str functions
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From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

Am 2026-03-16 01:41, schrieb Morgan:
> For this extension, I'm not sure what the advantages are over simple 
> function composition (array_any was introduced for exactly this sort of 
> job and is applicable to any function)

I agree. Especially since the Partial Function Application RFC was 
accepted an ad-hoc implementation would just be:

     $str = 'bazinga';

     $strStartsWithAny = \array_any(['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], 
\str_starts_with($str, ?));

I have also added an optimization to PHP 8.6 that compiles `array_map()` 
into a foreach loop when the callback is first class callable or PFA: 
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/20934. I plan to extend this to the 
other array_* functions once the PFA PR is merged.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus