#13730 [Opn->Csd]: StrPos is deficient

ID: 13730 Updated by: andrey@php.net Reported By: anthony@syntell.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux/Red Hat 7.1 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: Even though PHP is loosed type language there is === operator for checking the types as well the values. If the developer is lazy to write !== FALSE then he/she can get the flames after that because he/she deserves them. This will break BC and won't be implemented. Regarding the "one based" string position. PHP is like C, not Pascal. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-19 14:18:24] dadarden@iti2.net Or make the string position one based instead of zero based so that a return of 0 can be used for false and any other return is true. strstr() can usually be used that way, but seems to get confused looking for "/". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-18 05:42:03] anthony@syntell.net re StrPOS, I suggest that you do the following. Make another function with a different name, e.g. StrFind, that is 1) less problematic in distinguishing between found at pos zero and not found. e.g. return -1 for not found. 2) case-insensitive, or (better) has an optional parameter ($casesensitive = false) that defaults to false You could also roll in last-occurence functionality a la strrpos with option flags After this, mark the StrPos function as obsolete/deprecated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13730&edit=1