Re: [RFC] [Discussion] array_match

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026, at 6:28 AM, سپهر محمودی wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thank you all for the valuable feedback, especially regarding the > complexities of case-insensitive searches and locale dependencies. > > Based on the discussions, I have updated the RFC and simplified the > design to avoid those issues. Here are the major changes: > > 1. The function is now strictly case-sensitive (byte-for-byte > matching). This ensures native support for UTF-8, non-Latin characters, > and emojis without the need for complex decoding. > 2. The $ignore_case parameter has been removed. The signature is now > simply: array_str_contain(array $haystack, string $needle): array > 3. The implementation target is moved to ext/standard, completely > removing the ICU dependency and improving performance. > 4. The target version is set to PHP 8.6. PHP 8.6 is feature-frozen and not accepting new RFCs. The earliest it could target is PHP 8.7. > You can review the updated RFC here: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_str_contants > > I believe this simplified version covers the primary use cases while > eliminating the performance and localization bottlenecks we discussed. > > I would appreciate any further thoughts on this updated design. > > Best regards, > Sepehr Also, please remember to bottom post, not top post. --Larry Garfield