Re: str_pad() proposed changes

On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, Matthew Leverton wrote: > I never use the padding, although I use the trimming. > > Couldn't you actually still add backwards compatibility (if necessary) > by adding a default case for the type if it is left blank? > It'd probably be sloppy, but something like: > > string str_pad(string $str, int $x, int $type = NONE) > { > if ($type == NONE) { > // current string pad goes here > } > else { > // new string pad goes here > } > } It's possible, but I'd rather make a clean break. If I don't get any strenuous objections, I'll go ahead and modify it tomorrow. > Or there could always be a new name for the function, like > string_pad(). We'd like to be consistent and use str_ prefix. -Andrei * Use the source, Luke. *