Re: PHP 5.3.0RC4

Lester Caine wrote: > Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> Some additional links to get started: >> >> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3 >> >> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/UPGRADING?revision=PHP_5_3 > > While I know that ... > - All ereg functions are deprecated and emit E_DEPRECATED errors. > Use PCRE (preg_*()) instead. > > ... is accurate, I think a little more detail would help here, since > many of us probably did not know that 'split' was an ereg function - > for instance? > > I THINK that split() maps to explode() without needing any mapping of > the parameters? split() splits a string using a regular expression. explode() splits using a fixed string. While it's likely many people is using split() for cases where explode() should be used*, usages really using regex can't be replaced by explode() (preg_split() <http://es.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php> is the equivalent function... with the other regexes) *Including one in the split manual page.