Re: Proposal for functions that handle prefixes and suffixes

On 2026-01-16 21:16, Barel wrote:

function add_prefix(string $source, string $prefix): string function add_suffix(string $source, string $suffix): string Add a prefix or suffix to a string *only if the string does not yet have it*

Hi, As the functions do not always *add* a prefix, I'd suggest to consider names like ensure_prefix or enforce_prefix instead. Something like ensure_str_starts_with or ensure_starts_with would be a nicer fit with the str_starts_with, but then it doesn't rhyme with the other prefix/suffix functions that well. Otherwise I can only say that I've had to solve the same tasks in multiple projects, so I'd enjoy such functions being available in PHP itself. BR, Juris