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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][DISCUSSION] Remove utf8_decode() and
 utf8_encode()
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> Hi all,
> 
> utf8_decode() and utf8_encode() are not needed and causing problems
> than solving.

Why you think they are not needed?
Also, the manual says "utf8_encode — Encodes an ISO-8859-1 string to
UTF-8". If somebody uses unknown function without even glancing at the
first line of the manual, they deserve all the trouble they get. I mean,
it's not a PhD-level course, it's a single line to read, and not that
long one either, just 6 words. Many beer labels provide more reading
material :)

So, I'm not sure we need to spend time on this. Yes, it duplicates iconv
and recode. So what? It hurts no one.

> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_utf_8_decode_encode
> 
> Proposal
>   - Document deprecation them now
>   - Remove them from 7.2

RFC says "7.1 - Remove utf8_decode() and utf8_encode()".

> I think only few users are using and they shouldn't have problem using
> mbstring/iconv/intl functions.

I would like to see some justification for this - was any research
performed on how many users use them?
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com