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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3.0RC4
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> Some additional links to get started:
> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3
> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/UPGRADING?revision=PHP_5_3

While I know that ...
- All ereg functions are deprecated and emit E_DEPRECATED errors.
   Use PCRE (preg_*()) instead.

... is accurate, I think a little more detail would help here, since 
many of us probably did not know that 'split' was an ereg function - for 
instance?

I THINK that split() maps to explode() without needing any mapping of 
the parameters?

But ereg_replace to preg_replace is not quite so easy? and when looking 
to convert someone else's legacy code, trying to understand some 
mappings can be a problem. Does anybody have a useful reference that 
would help in converting from one to the other?


Lester Caine - G8HFL
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