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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] mbstring, a proposition of additional functions
From: ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net ("Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa")


On 24/09/12 20:04, Andrew Faulds wrote:
> On 24/09/12 15:41, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa wrote:
>> Recently, I crafted a String object that support most of the=20
>> propositions written here. Please, see=20
>> https://github.com/hoaproject/String (file String.php). The code is=20
>> very simple (it implies that it do not need a lot of work to=20
>> implement it in PHP I hope). Some interesting methods:
>>     =95 append;
>>     =95 prepend;
>>     =95 pad;
>>     =95 getIterator (equivalent of str_split);
>>     =95 \ArrayAccess methods (with support of out-of-bound indexes);
>>     =95 getByteAt (with support of out-of-bound indexes);
>>     =95 getCharDirection;
>>     =95 fromCode;
>>     =95 toCode.
>>
> I would love such a library to be built into PHP. A more consistent=20
> approach to scalar operations would be great. "hello,=20
> world"->replace('world', 'php'); would be so much nicer than=20
> str_replace and forgetting the argument order. This is a little=20
> off-topic, though.
Yup, it is off-topic. We can add new functions in one hand and=20
=93autoboxing=94 scalars into OOP style in another hand.

--=20
Ivan Enderlin
Developer of Hoa
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