Re: New String Function: str_replace_limit
| From: | Florian Anderiasch | Date: | Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:23:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: New String Function: str_replace_limit | ||
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On 07/16/2012 10:29 AM, Paul Dragoonis wrote:
> Thanks for the comments guys, I like your idea about skipping the
> by-ref count parameter.
>
> If the 'default' keyword were to be added in, then you could skip the
> 4th parameter and add your 5th 'limit' option.
>
> $str = str_replace($search, $replace, $subject, default, 5);
>
> Does anyone have any objections on this implementation approach?
> (obviously we'd have to wait for the default param skipping to be
> implemented, I'm not sure on the implementation status of that
> feature)
I'm not seeing what's the problem with it being a by-ref variable, as
you've mentioned it twice now. Are you bothered by an additional
variable being set in memory when skipping (i.e. not using it)? Or am I
reading more into it than you tried to say? :)
Greetings,
Florian