#5919 [Opn]: stri_replace() to compliment str_replace()

ID: 5919 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: juhl@eisenstein.dk Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Slackware Linux 7.0 PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: Well, if you really need it you can always hire a competent developer to do it, it's Open Source after all... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-30 04:49:55] fergus@serif.net In reply to rasmus@php.net, perhaps the reason people capable of adding this feature don't is because they have reached the level where they are able to understand ereg_replace sufficiently. Unfortunately not all developers can. It's elitist to argue that novices should be denied an obviously useful function until they have mastered the language. Not to mention that this function would speed up the development time for a lot of developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-25 18:42:29] rasmus@php.net Nothing is stopping you from submitting a patch that implements this. People generally add the features they need. Apparently nobody capable of writing this feature has ever needed it. (That might tell you something) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-25 18:26:11] webmaster@tsn.dk I think it's a shame that two years after this feature was requested it has not been implemented... Lots of people are missing this feature and therefore it would be a great addition to PHP... If anyone knows how to make a patch for this, please do so... I am sure it would be appreciated by many. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 20:09:48] gearond@cvc.net Russians call the '@', little dog, 'sabachkee'. Anyway, I like the idea of stri_replace because the only alternative is a slower, and more complex usage of [eregi|pregi]_replace. And if one is replacing a lot of symbols, (like I am), and not just strings, then extensive knowledge of regex is required , (which I don't have yet), to replace all the symbols. I'm trying to escape all the key words and key symbols in Oracle's applications. Works great with str_replace, **IF** I want to change the whole string to upper or lower case, or use a function of my own. Otherwise, it sucks. I am implementing one of my own for now though, (actually copying the non recursive one under 'str_replace()'. To see an example of it, see: http://www.qweeka.com/db_tools.php after memorial day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-02 18:19:14] philip@php.net I marked similar feature requests as duplicates (bugs #10352 and #14215) and am changing the status of this to open. This feature request comes up fairly often, it's still open :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/5919 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=5919&edit=1