PHP's string manipulation functions (such as split()) are not guaranteed to behave exactly like in PERL. The functions that are prefixed by 'preg_' are (PERL REG (EX)) guaranteed to some extent and well documented where preg_ functions are not PERL compliant.
So, its not a bug, its just PHP being its own language. Cheers, Andrew Martinez RubyBay Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] split behaviour differences in perl and php > > * Thus wrote Sandip Bhattacharya: > > This stumped me badly in my present project. Is this a bug or a feature > in > > PHP? I am trying to split a string into two, where only one half (and > the > > delimiter) is present. > > > > > > IN PERL > > ================================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat s1.pl > > @t = split(/,/ , "a,b"); > > $len = $#t + 1; > > print "$len\n"; > > @t = split(/,/, "a,"); > > $len = $#t + 1; > > print "$len\n"; > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sql]$ perl s1.pl > > 2 > > 1 > > > > > > IN PHP > > ======================= > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat s1.php > > <?php > > print count(split(',', 'a,b'))."\n"; > > print count(split(',', 'a,'))."\n"; > > ?> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sql]$ php -q s1.php > > 2 > > 2 > > split in php isn't the same as perl's split, there is preg_split() > which you can use: > > $results = preg_split('/,/','a,', -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); > print(count($results)); // outputs: 1 > > > Curt > -- > The above comments may offend you. flame at will. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
