Re: Strange conversion

Addressed to: Derick Rethans <d.rethans@jdimedia.nl> Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> php-dev@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from Derick Rethans <d.rethans@jdimedia.nl> Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:50:15 +0100 > > Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > > > DR>> I have no problem changing all the functions in strings.c to check if no > > DR>> array is passed. I simply find it strange that an array is converted to > > > > That would be silly thing to do. convert_to_string_ex should be changed, > > not every function using it. That's the purpose of making functions, after > > all. > > > > DR>> the string "Array", when it is taken as a function parameter. Another > > > > That's PHP 3 legacy, I guess. > > I can't imagine that anyone relies on this, so I think it could be > changed without pain. What do you think? I think I may have used this in PHP. I know I have used it in Perl. It allows a function to work with either a single string, or a list. If the content of the incoming variable is 'Array' then you pass it thru a foreach, or while to handle all the parts - else you handle the single scalar. Many Perl functions work this way, even the built in ones. I admit I am moving away from this idea with PHP, but it seems quite common in the Perl world, and we have quite a few Perl converts around here. Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com