PHP :: Request #19002 :: like operator

Request #19002	like operator
Submitted:	2002-08-20 18:29 UTC	Modified:	2002-08-20 18:31 UTC
From:	cxw at seekthru dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Not a bug	Package:	Feature/Change Request
PHP Version:	4.1.2	OS:	any
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2002-08-20 18:29 UTC] cxw at seekthru dot com

I think it would be a good feature to have the syntax like the following:

if ($var like "%abc"){

}

or as an operator:

if ($var ~ "abc%") {

}

This is similar to the like syntax in SQL.

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[2002-08-20 18:31 UTC] rasmus@php.net

Argh!  No inline regular expressions or magical operators please.  There are functions to do this, call them.

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