Re: [Discussion] Deprecate function sizeof()

On 7 March 2015 at 20:42, Kalle Sommer Nielsen <kalle@php.net> wrote: > Hi > > Well we could make count()/sizeof() work for strings, so that if: > C:\> php -r "echo sizeof('abc');" > 3 > > although it would not really accomplish much imo., I think it is more > of what background you come from that makes the most sense to me, I > got into PHP before C and I enjoy sizeof more for array sizes than > count, but that is just a pure preference. > Maybe count() and sizeof() should retain original functionality for the sake of compatibility, but should emit warning if used on non-array/object variables? This seems like a gentle way to steer users towards using strlen() on strings. Using sizeof(null) seems somewhat legitimate, but sizeof("asdf") seems like a newbie mistake at counting characters in a string. b. PS: All above assumes the functionality of sizeof() does not change. If sizeof() functionality should be changed to be more aligned with it's C counterpart, then above argument does not stand.