note 58607 added to function.mb-convert-variables

I have downloaded a script, that looks like it has been written for php3. The php manual says most php3 scripts should work on php4 but some may need adaptation: http://livedocs.phpdoc.info/index.php?l=en&q=migration4# says: " PHP 4 adds a new mechanism to variable substitution in strings. You can now finally access object member variables and elements from multidimensional arrays within strings. To do so you have to enclose your variables with curly braces with the dollar sign immediately following the opening brace: {$...} To embed the value of an object member variable into a string you simply write "text {$obj->member} text" while in PHP 3 you had to use something like "text ".$obj->member." text". This should lead to more readable code, while it may break existing scripts written for PHP 3. But you can easily check for this kind of problem by checking for the character combination {$ in your code and by replacing it with \{$ with your favorite search-and-replace tool. " .................................................................... Now, this looks like arabic to me: How can replacement of {$ by \{$ result in "text {$obj->member} text" where originally was written "text ".$obj->member." text" ????????? Im I stupid, or should I NOT take the official PHP manual on its words? In my downloaded script I find coding like: ...................................................................... $this->db_date = $this->year.$this->month.$this->day; $this->de_date = $this->day.".".$this->month.".".$this->year; $this->us_date = $this->month."/".$this->day."/".$this->year; if ($this->error) return (1); ...................................................................... Should I run the find and replace like the PHP manual suggests, nothing will be changed. But probably I should replace things like ...................................................................... $this->year.$this->month.$this->day; ...................................................................... by ...................................................................... {$this->year} {$this->month} {$this->day}; ...................................................................... -??????????????????- A reply would be very appreciated. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-convert-variables.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58607 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58607&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58607&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php