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Doc Bug #35516 split() should point to str_split() for PHP 5 users trying split('', $str)
Submitted: 2005-12-02 10:08 UTC Modified: 2005-12-02 10:35 UTC
From: arpad@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-12-02 10:08 UTC] arpad@php.net 
Description:
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The manual page for split() currently points to preg_split() as a way to emulate @chars = split('', $str) in Perl.
In PHP 5 we have str_split(), which is significantly faster and far more intuitive than preg_split() for this usage.
It would also make sense to mention this on the preg_split() page.

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 [2005-12-02 10:35 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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