Re: [BugFest] Feature request #38685: str_[i]replace(): Add support for (string needle, array replace)

> On 5 Jan 2015, at 20:28, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi! > >> usually each BC break would warrant an RFC and a vote, but I'm not sure >> many people would use str_replace("foo", array("bar"), $subject); and >> expect the implicit array to string conversion of array("bar") => >> "Array" >> which also emits a notice. >> let's see what others think. > > I wouldn't consider this a BC break. Anybody who relies on implicit > array->string conversion has a bug anyway, and we allow that implicit > conversion to survive only for legacy reasons, but I don't think it > should drag behind itself the promise we'd never support array parameter > where there was only string before. In summary, I'd say no BC break here. To add to what Stas says: ZPP doesn’t allow array->string anyway, this is just a quirk in str_replace’s handling of its ‘z’ parameter. So users wouldn’t expect it to work anyway, right? -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/