Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.

From:	Alexey Zakhlestin	Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:38:48 +0000
Subject:	Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
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On 21.01.2010, at 18:21, Richard Lynch wrote:
> 
> For BC, I suppose PHP could have *both* 'a.b' and 'a_b', or yet
> another php.ini flag (sorry!) to choose the behaviour.

-1 from me.
I don't think we need to keep backward compatibility for this. PHP-6 is a major release, after
all.

It would be absolutely enough to add optional var-name conversion to extract()


   

Thread (22 messages)

• Nathan RixhamWed, 20 Jan 2010 21:45:20 +0000
  • Stan VassilevWed, 20 Jan 2010 22:23:38 +0000
    • Rasmus LerdorfWed, 20 Jan 2010 22:29:27 +0000
      • Stan VassilevWed, 20 Jan 2010 22:38:47 +0000
        • Rasmus LerdorfWed, 20 Jan 2010 22:45:18 +0000
      • Joey SmithThu, 21 Jan 2010 00:32:41 +0000
        • jvladThu, 21 Jan 2010 01:42:28 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted tounderscores.
    • Tim StarlingThu, 21 Jan 2010 02:29:56 +0000
      • Stan VassilevThu, 21 Jan 2010 03:26:37 +0000
      • Nathan RixhamThu, 21 Jan 2010 09:35:17 +0000
  • Richard LynchThu, 21 Jan 2010 15:21:05 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
    • Dave IngramThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:27:08 +0000
      • Richard LynchSun, 31 Jan 2010 06:11:42 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
        • Alexey ZakhlestinSun, 31 Jan 2010 10:34:23 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
        • Nathan RixhamSun, 31 Jan 2010 16:10:27 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
    • Alexey ZakhlestinThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:38:48 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
      • Jack TimmonsThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:41:56 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
      • Nathan RixhamThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:43:27 +0000
        • Christopher JonesThu, 21 Jan 2010 17:52:17 +0000
      • jvladThu, 21 Jan 2010 18:08:32 +0000
        • Victor BolshovFri, 22 Jan 2010 05:18:27 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.
          • Stan VassilevFri, 22 Jan 2010 06:43:20 +0000Re: Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores.