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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Posted for str_begins and str_ends functions
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 02/08/2016 23:44, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:
> It might be okay  to have "s" in function names, but if we want to be
> consistent,
>
> str_replace -> str_replaces
> str_ireplace -> str_ireplaces
>
> IMO, following names are better for consistency.
>
> str_begin
> str_ibegin
> str_end
> str_iend

I think those names mean something different: "str_begin" sounds like an 
imperative "make this string begin with X"; "str_begins" is more of an 
assertion "the string begins with X". Ruby would spell it with a ? at 
the end. It's also the same form, grammatically, as the common "isFoo".

Note that this logic holds for "str_replace", which *is* an imperative - 
you are not saying "tell me if X replaces Y", you are saying "please 
replace X with Y".

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]