Req #49170 [Tbd->Bgs]: Please undeprecate split/ereg
Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49170&edit=1
ID: 49170
Updated by: jani@php.net
Reported by: thomas at omerzu dot de
Summary: Please undeprecate split/ereg
-Status: To be documented
+Status: Bogus
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.0
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
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Previous Comments:
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[2010-11-24 15:01:20] jani@php.net
Submitted a) in wrong place b) many times.
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[2009-08-05 12:21:26] thomas at omerzu dot de
Description:
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Who decided to deprecate the split/ereg functions?
If I wanted to use Perl, I would use Perl.
The syntax of those preg expressions is ridiculous.
Consider the fact that hundreds of programs that do any kind of text
parsing use the ereg functions. Developing complicated regular
expressions is very time expensive and requires lots of testing.
A conversion to the preg version of the function is not trivial and will
require the same amount of time as the original development (or more, as
people using standard regular expressions probably are not familiar with
that perl stuff and will require additional learing time).
Thus a removal of those functions will cost a huge amount of time and
money.
And acutally: WHY?
There are so many obsolete functions in php, why do these innocent
functions that hurt nobody have to be removed??
PLEASE leave them as they are!
Everyone is free to use the preg functions, but please leave the
standard reg functions!
Thanks!
Best regards, Thomas.
Nearly every of my program contains more or less complicated
Reproduce code:
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From manual page: migration53.deprecated
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