Re: [PHP4BETA] cvs: /php4 TODO

On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 06:43:34PM +0100, thies@digicol.de wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 06:04:34PM +0200, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > At 11:21 19/02/2000 , thies@digicol.de wrote: > > >On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 04:15:45PM -0600, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Stig Bakken wrote: > > > > > In my opionion, another function is the only way to go. Having > > > > > configure options decide the semantics of functions will break PEAR, so > > > > > we should avoid that as much as we can. > > > > > > > > Suggest the name then. > > > > > > what about someting like pathinfo(); > > > > > > $a = pathinfo("/some/file.bla"); > > > > > > => array("dirname" => "/some/", > > > "basename" => "file.bla", > > > "extension" => "bla"); > > > > > > > > > i could come up with some more interesting fields. > > > > > > we could also make it return just one part as a sting if used > > > like this: > > > > > > $a = pathinfo("/some/file.bla",PATHINFO_BASENAME); > > > > > > => "file.bla"; > > > > > > comments? > > > > I like the idea a lot. > > andrei and zeev agree on *my* idea - that makes germany two > points! just decided that i have to dissagree with my own idea - at least partly. i really think we should implement this kind of stuff in pear as opposed to php. whereby - to be honest - maybe having it in the language wouldn't be bad either - but isn't pear supposed to be part of a standard PHP 4 install? hmmm - i used to be indecisive but now i'n not so sure;-) WTF - lets make it part of the language.... or not? > > > > > Zeev > > -- > > Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ > > > > -- > > Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" > Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 > Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > -- Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany