Re: [PHP4BETA] propose for bool -> string conversion:
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] propose for bool -> string conversion: | ||
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> > Sometimes you don't care if they fail. What exactly are you proposing for
> > the strpos() function?
>
> I didn't propose anything. Now please don't tell me that I should
> go away, because I don't have any better proposal.
>
> What about a new function xxx which behaves as strpos but returns
> -1, if it doesn't find the character? -1 is an illegal index, and
> -1 != false.
That still doesn't really solve that example you gave though. Now
if(strpos()) will return true when the character isn't found. That's sort
of confusing as well.
I really don't know what the right solution is. It is a tricky situation,
but I don't agree that the current implementation is just plain wrong.
-Rasmus