On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 13:54 +0100, Niklas Keller wrote: > Hi internals, > > "In Operator" is now in discussion phase. > > > This RFC adds a new in operator which simplifies contains checks for > > strings and arrays. > > Currently, we have to usein_array($needle, $haystack, true) or > > strpos($haystack, $needle) !== false. > > These functions have a inconsistent parameter order, so it's hard to > > remember which is the right one > > for each. The in operator makes these checks way more readable. > > Additionally, it also works for Traversable. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/in_operator
| It uses strict comparison (===) for array values / instances of | Traversable This might be nice but is inconsistent with other parts of the language like switch statements. I think inconsistency is worse than this inconvenience. johannes -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
