Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Prefix and Suffix Functions

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, at 10:24 AM, Bob Weinand wrote: > Hey Carlos, > > On 27.2.2026 14:31:16, Barel wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> This is to announce the opening of the vote for the Prefix and Suffix Functions RFC >> >> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/prefix_suffix_functions >> Discussion thread: >> https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129842 >> >> The vote will be open for 2 weeks (and a few hours), closing on March >> 13th at midnight UTC. >> >> Cheers >> >> Carlos > > > I like this RFC very much. I think every addition to the standard > library needs to be well considered, but this one definitely crosses > the bar. > > Simple prefix and suffix operations are quite common - especially in > scripting and manipulation of well-known strings. > > > > While you certainly can write these with substr, it often either > duplicates the string for the length or just hardcodes the length, both > of which are equally ugly. > Sure, users can write helper functions for these, but I find below a > certain size, users typically don't. > > Thus I think this proposed change will lead to simpler and less > error-prone code. I know I personally would use the _ensure_() functions quite frequently in a project of mine. Hence my yes vote. Though I would also question why so many people are voting for $subject-last for the secondary vote. --Larry Garfield