Req #73088 [Opn]: str_check_encoding and str_scrub

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73088&edit=1 ID: 73088 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: masakielastic at gmail dot com Summary: str_check_encoding and str_scrub Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: mbstring related PHP Version: Next Minor Version Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: As these functions deal with multibyte strings, they naturally belong into the mbstring extension, which, as you mention, already has analogous functions. Why would these need to be mirrored into ext/standard? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-15 10:33:46] masakielastic at gmail dot com fixed title. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-09-15 10:26:36] masakielastic at gmail dot com Description: ------------ htmlspecialchars have an ability to check character encoding and replace ill-formed byte sequences (ENT_SUBSTITUTE) since PHP 5.4. The ability is useful for not only escaping special chars but general. Mbstring have same feture such as mb_check_encoding and mb_scrub (PHP 7.2 dev). bool str_check_encoding ([ string $str[,string $encoding = ini_get("default_charset") ]] ) bool str_scrub ([ string $str[,string $encoding = ini_get("default_charset") ]] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73088&edit=1