Req #63317 [Opn->Wfx]: Add alternate, more logical foreach syntax
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63317&edit=1
ID: 63317
Updated by: nikic@php.net
Reported by: evertvandansen at ymail dot com
Summary: Add alternate, more logical foreach syntax
-Status: Open
+Status: Wont fix
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Unknown/Other Function
Operating System: Any
PHP Version: 5.4.8
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Don't think this will happen as it doesn't have any (quantifiable) advantages over the
current syntax but would a) introduce two ways to do the same thing and b) add a new keyword that is
very likely be currently in use. Marking Won't Fix.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-10-20 11:19:51] evertvandansen at ymail dot com
Description:
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This is a very low priority request for adding an alternate foreach syntax. Right
now we write something like:
foreach ($cats as $cat)
Which is fine, but neither semantically nor grammatically correct. I would propose
that
foreach ($cat in $cats) or foreach ($cat from $cats)
makes much more sense and is more readable. Not just from a grammatical point of
view, but also because that way the actual identifier you use in the iteration is
placed first.
The existing syntax should obviously remain, it is simply an alternate syntax, not
meant to substitute.
Again, it is not a very important request as it does not improve PHP technically,
only in regards to readability and (for some) usability.
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