#32595 [NEW]: $str{begin,length} Substring operator?

From: sb at stephenbrooks dot org Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.3.9 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: $str{begin,length} Substring operator? Description: ------------ Odd, I thought this was actually in PHP5 already, but could find no mention of it in the documentation. It's not in the PHP4 I have here anyway. The feature would work as in the title: $str{begin,length} would work as substr($str,begin,length). Just a notational convenience, but struck me as a natural (and useful) extension of the $str{n} operator. Nonessential :) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32595&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32595&r=mysqlcfg