[RFC] [Discussion] array_str_contains() for PHP 8.7

Hi everyone, I'd like to start the discussion for a new RFC proposing the array_str_contains() function for PHP 8.7. Filtering arrays based on substring matching is something many of us write on a regular basis, usually with boilerplate like: $matches = array_filter($array, fn($item) => is_string($item) && str_contains($item, $needle)); This RFC proposes adding a native `array_str_contains(array $haystack, string $needle): array` to the standard library to make this faster, cleaner, and memory-efficient while preserving array keys. You can check out the RFC and implementation details here: - RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_str_contains - Pull Request: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/23512 I'd really appreciate your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions. Please keep all feedback and replies in this mailing list thread so we have everything in one place. Thanks, Sepehr