#48072 [NEW]: wish: extra strtr features similar to GNU strtr

From: php at richardneill dot org Operating system: all PHP version: 6CVS-2009-04-24 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: wish: extra strtr features similar to GNU strtr Description: ------------ Can we have the extra features added to strtr() that are in the GNU strtr? They'd be really useful. In particular, the ability to delete certain characters from the string [currently we must resort to str_replace, which gets ugly], and to squeeze repeated characters to a single one [requires preg_replace() at the moment] This could be done by adding some predefined constants such as STRTR_DELETE, STRTR_SQUEEZE_REPEATS Reproduce code: --------------- In GNU tr, we can do things like echo "hello world" | tr -s "l" #results in "helo world" (duplicate 'l' removed) echo "hello world" | tr -d 'od' ('o' and 'd' removed) #results in "hell wrl" echo "hello world" | tr -s "wl" "zl" (translate AND squeeze) #results in "helo zorld" (Support for character classes might be nice too) Thank you. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48072&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48072&r=mysqlcfg