Re: removing ereg functions

The problem is not the PHP C code. It is the regex library. Brian Moon ------------------------------------------ dealnews.com, Inc. Makers of dealnews & dealmac http://dealnews.com/ | http://dealmac.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lim" <heyjohnlim@yahoo.com> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] removing ereg functions > In my mind the problem that Brian raised is that ereg is slow. > The solution is not to ban eregi but to fix it by performance tuning > the C code. > > Just my 2c worth. > > John Lim > > Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@php.net> wrote in message > news:Pine.LNX.4.33.0105160036060.990-100000@rasmus.php.net... > > > That is why I am asking. Is there a core reason that the ereg functions > > > have to be there? I could extend this to other functions as well of > course. > > > But this set in particular I have wondered about. > > > > 1) There was no PCRE library when I first added regex support to PHP. > > Henry Spencer's regex library, although not my initial choice, was > > chosen because that is what came bundled with Apache. > > > > 2) The ereg_* functions implement the Posix 1003.2 extended regular > > expression standard. The same regular expressions found in the > > Unix command line utils like grep, egrep and fgrep. The preg_* > > functions support the perverted Perl-style regular expressions. > > > > 3) Removing the ereg_* functions would cause a backward compatibility > > nightmare. Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of scripts out > > there would have to be converted. > > > > 4) If you are using Apache you already have the library linked in anyway. > > Removing PHP support wouldn't save you any "bloat". Not that this > > "bloat" is at all significant on any modern OS with shared pages. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > > > -- > > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >