Re: [PHP4BETA] New function chrcount (diff attached)

I'm in favour of this; We have several functions (like addslashes()) that go all the way back to PHP/FI 2.0, and don't conform to the standard PHP naming scheme. Zeev On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Cynic wrote: > Oh, and BTW, would it be too much if I beg for standardized > aliases to those functions that don't comply with the said > standard? Like add_slashes - addslashes? This may be way off, > but I find it easier to memorize all the function names if > they are > str_replace, str_str, str_to_upper, nl_to_br, str_parse > instead > str_replace, strstr, strtoupper, nl2br, parse_str. > > (The same principle would apply for all functions, not only > string ones.) > > This, of course, has the lowest priority I'm able to think > of, but would be definitely very useful. > > At 22:45 24.4.2000 +0300, Andi Gutmans wrote the following: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >We are trying to standardize function names now, and as you mentioned we use underscores. > >So this function should be called something like char_count() or count_chars(). > > > >Andi > > > >At 08:05 PM 4/24/00 +0200, Cynic wrote: > >>I like when function names have a system. Most PHP function > >>name have words separated by underscore. Otherwise it's > >>confusing ('is it addslashes or add_slashes?'). So, if you > >>commit this patch, it'd be nice if the function was named > >>maybe char_count. > >> > >> > >>At 13:59 24.4.2000 -0400, Peter Kovacs wrote the following: > >>-------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >I've created a new function chrcount (count_chars was already taken, and > >> >count_char is too similar) which finds the number of times a character > >> >appears in a string. > >> > > >> >Let me know what you all think. > >> > > >> >Peter > >> > > >> >-------------------------------------------------- > >> >Peter D. Kovacs KnowPost.com LLC > >> >Lead Engineer peter@knowpost.com > >> >-------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> >-- > >> >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 > >>------end of quote------ > >> > >> > >>____________________________________________________________ > >>Cynic: > >> > >>A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught > >>that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is > >>the essential part of virtue. > >> > >>cynic@mail.cz > >>ICQ: 2808 2505 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>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 > > > >--- > >Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> > >http://www.zend.com/ > > > >-- > >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 > > > ------end of quote------ > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Cynic: > > A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught > that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is > the essential part of virtue. > > cynic@mail.cz > ICQ: 2808 2505 > > > > > > > -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/