note 129167 added to language.types.string

I've been in PHP for 25 years, I've always wanted to be able to use functions inside of {} parsed strings. It was only last week that I realized that it is there, always been there, the function variable. $s = "I wanted to make a list of names: {implode(',', $names)}."; // DOES NOT WORK. But of course this is not recognized because it does not start with {$. However, if by chance (or design) $implode were to be set to "implode"; then this would indeed work: $implode = "implode"; . . . $names = ['Bob','Ted','Alice']; $s = "I wanted to make a list of names: {$implode(',', $names)}."; Note this does only work for true functions, not language constructs. ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.91.157.134 (proxied: 97.113.196.27) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/129167 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129167 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/129167 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php