[PHP-DEV] Re: split() function From: Jim Winstead (jimw <email protected>)
Date: 05/30/98

It's listed in the regular expression section, since it uses regular
expressions. The explode() function (which handles a single-character
seperator) is in the strings section.

Perhaps we should just add a note in the strings section intro to
also check out the regular expressions section.

Thanks for the feedback.

Jim

On May 30, Bob Dusek wrote:
>
> Hey webmaster(s),
>
> I'm a perl 'native' programmer that has recently switched top PHP3, for
> pruposes of database/web integration. PHP3 is pretty cool for what I need
> to get done. However - in your documentation, I noticed that when I am
> looking at the page for strtok(), at the bottom of the page, there is a
> link to the split() function. I was pretty relieved to see it, to tell
> you the truth (it's a pretty sweet function). BUT!! when I was looking
> through all of the string functions that are listed when one of us
> "users" clicks on the "string functions" link, I noticed that split() was
> not there. The only link I've found to it was on the strtok() function
> page.
>
> So, my request/suggestion to you is to give the split() function its own
> little link off of the string functions page. Many people will probably
> find this function to be very useful and intuitive.
>
> (They'll probably find it, by and by.. but I think a separate link would
> be more consistent with the rest of the methodology of the page and
> thereby - probably the thing to do.)
>
> Just another opinion... (you probably get lots of 'em).
>
> Later and thanks,
>
> Bob
>