Re: Split as an alias to explode

Am 18.08.2025 um 15:36 schrieb Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] <imsop.php@rwec.co.uk>: > A developer coming to PHP from any combination of JavaScript, Perl, C#, Java, VisualBasic, > Python, Ruby, Swift, Elixir, Dart, Rust, even Excel ... is going to look first for a function called > "split" or some variation of that. If they have any common sense, they'll know they > need to look up exactly what arguments it needs, and what options it provides. I don't think people nowadays search through documentation for a specific function name. I am pretty confident that people will either Google/DDG/... or ask an AI chat something like "How do I split a string in PHP?" which gives a complete code example including parameter order. > If we don't want to add an alias, we should probably add a fake manual entry pointing > people in the right direction, like we have for "delete": > https://www.php.net/delete This would IMHO be better suited for a tutorial / learning website, I am not convinced that we need to extend the reference documentation (or even the language) with entries of synonyms/aliases people might be looking for. So, in short, that's a -1 for a split alias from me. Regards, - Chris