note 115277 added to function.substr

For me it seems a bit too lazy to accept false and NULL to return an empty string. What if a function (like substr) can't find the string? So use this function to wrap substr: <?php function mysubstr($s, $start, $end) { if (!is_int($end)) { return substr($s, $start); } else { return substr($s, $start, $end); } } $uri = 'path/to/something'; echo substr($uri, 0, strpos($uri, '/', 1)); // path echo mysubstr($uri, 0, strpos($uri, '/', 1)); // path $uri = 'something'; echo substr($uri, 0, strpos($uri, '/', 1)); // (empty string) echo mysubstr($uri, 0, strpos($uri, '/', 1)); // something ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 176.94.130.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/115277 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115277 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/115277 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php