... to be converted to handle Unicode - comments ?
TIA,
Rolland
[1] int strrpos(string haystack, string needle [, int offset])
Finds position of last occurrence of 'needle' within 'haystack' -
'offset' determines how much of the string is searched.
To be impl'ed in terms of u_strFindLast(), which matches codepoints.
[2] int stripos(string haystack, string needle [, int offset])
Case-insensitive version of strpos(), finds position of first
occurrence of 'needle' within 'haystack'.
To be impl'ed in terms of zend_u_memnstr().
[3] int strspn(string str, string mask [, start [, len]])
Returns length of initial segment of 'str' consisting entirely of
characters found in 'mask'
[4] int strcspn(string str, string mask [, start [, len]])
Returns length of initial segment of 'str' consisting entirely of
characters NOT found in 'mask'
Currently impl'ed by stepping through character arrays, Unicode
handling will process codepoints. u_strspn() & u_strcspn() are
available, but these require input to be NULL-terminated.
[5] string stristr(string haystack, string needle[, bool part])
Case-insensitive version of strstr(), finds first occurrence of a
string within another - 'part' determines portion of 'haystack' to be
returned.
To be impl'ed in terms of zend_u_memnstr().
[6] int strripos(string haystack, string needle [, int offset])
Case-insensitive version of strrpos()[1]
[7] mixed str_replace(mixed search, mixed replace, mixed subject
[, int &replace_count])
Replaces 'search' with 'replace' in 'subject' - these maybe arrays
[8] mixed str_ireplace(mixed search, mixed replace, mixed subject
[, int &replace_count])
Case-insensitive version of str_replace()[7]
Currently impl'ed in terms of zend_memnstr() to locate 'search'
within
'subject', Unicode handling will use zend_u_memnstr() to match at
codepoints boundaries.
[9] string strrchr(string haystack, string needle)
Finds the last occurrence of 'needle' character within 'haystack'.
Currently impl'ed in terms of libc strrchr(), Unicode handling can be
impl'ed in terms of zend_u_memnstr() or simply the U16_PREV()
macro. u_strrchr32() is available, but assumes input is
NULL-terminated.
[10] string strpbrk(string haystack, string char_list)
Search 'haystack' for any character in 'char_list'.
Currently impl'ed in terms of libc strpbrk(), Unicode handling to be
impl'ed in terms of U16_FWD() macro. u_strpbrk() is available, but
assumes input is NULL-terminated.
[11] string chunk_split(string str [, int chunklen [, string
ending]])
"Wraps" 'str' by inserting 'ending' every 'chunklen' number of
characters.
For Unicode, 'chunklen' will be treated as no of codepoints.
Q: Handling of base+combining sequences ?
[12] array str_split(string str [, int split_length])
Convert 'str' to an array by splitting it into 'split_length'-sized
chunks.
For Unicode, splits will be made at codepoint boundaries ?
Q: Handling of base+combining sequences ?
[13] string strtr(string str, string from, string to)
Translates/replaces characters in 'str'; characters in 'from' are
replaced by 'to'
[14] string quotemeta(string str)
Escapes meta characters ".+*?[]^$()" with backslash
[15] string nl2br(string str)
Converts newlines(\n\r) to HTML line breaks(<br />)
[16] array pathinfo(string path)
Breaks 'path' into dir, file & extension like [17] & [18] below
[17] string basename(string path [, string suffix])
Returns the filename component of 'path', after removing 'suffix'
[18] string dirname(string path)
Returns the directory name component of 'path'
[19] int strnatcmp(string s1, string s2)
Returns the result of string comparison using "natural" algorithm to
collate numeric portions.
[20] int strnatcasecmp(string s1, string s2)
Case-insensitive version of strnatcmp()[19]
For handling Unicode, adapt existing code to handle codepoints.
[21] int substr_compare(string main_str, string str, int offset
[, int length [, bool case_sensitivity]])
Compares 'main_str' with 'str' from 'offset' up to 'length'
characters
For handling Unicode, adapt existing code to handle codepoints.
[22] string wordwrap(string str [, int width [, string break [,
boolean cut]]])
Like chunk_split()[11], "wraps" 'str' by inserting 'break' every
'width' characters
Q: Handling of base+combining sequences ?
[23] void str_shuffle(string str)
Shuffles 'str', one random permutation of all possible is created.
For Unicode, handle codepoints & base+combining sequences.
[24] mixed str_word_count(string str, [int format [, string
charlist]])
Count the number of words in 'str'. Words consists of alphabetic
chars, chars in 'charlist', single-quote & hyphen; everything else is
a delimiter. 'format' specifies how output is returned.
Existing algo can be adapted for Unicode. ICU provides a break
iteration API, but current docs donot specify facilities to add
custom
rules - to be investigated further.