# dropping curly braces

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/20142
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- Started by Ford on 2005-11-18T12:38:47+00:00
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## #20142 — Ford — 2005-11-18T12:38:47+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/20142#20142

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Why not?  If users demand it, why not allow them that facility?

I think the visual difference between [] for arrays and {} for string access is a superb feature of PHP.  (Personally, I'd like to see it extended to something like $s{2:5} or $s{2,3} for longer substrings, but I've proposed that before and been shot down so I won't mention it ;)

If {} for string access goes away, I won't be converting to [] becasue I think a visual difference is vital -- so all my $s{$x} will be turned into substr($s, $x, 1).

Cheers!

Mike

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