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Re:Python alternatives for PHP functions by true_religion on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @04:53AM (#4965647)
Why do trivial functions have to be added to the language core?
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Re:Python alternatives for PHP functions by jiggy2011 on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @05:16AM (#4965691)
Why not? Most languages have a standard library that does all kinds of simple but useful stuff. PHP is aimed at the web so a function that deals with part of the web/non-web mismatch seems like a useful thing to include.

Removing it would simply cause newbies to have to wrange with str_replace to build trivial web apps.

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