philip Tue May 2 18:05:55 2006 UTC
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/language types.xml
Log:
Expand $str[42] syntax info a little more, $str{42} deprecated as of PHP 6,
and adjust example accordingly
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/phpdoc/en/language/types.xml?r1=1.164&r2=1.165&diff_format=u
Index: phpdoc/en/language/types.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.164 phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.165
--- phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.164 Thu Mar 30 03:45:47 2006
+++ phpdoc/en/language/types.xml Tue May 2 18:05:54 2006
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.164 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.165 $ -->
<chapter id="language.types">
<title>Types</title>
@@ -1084,13 +1084,14 @@
<para>
Characters within strings may be accessed and modified by specifying the
zero-based offset of the desired character after the string
- in curly braces.
+ using square array-brackets like <varname>$str[42]</varname> so think of
+ a string as an <type>array</type> of characters.
</para>
<note>
<simpara>
- For backwards compatibility, you can still use array-brackets
- for the same purpose. However, this syntax is deprecated as
- of PHP 4.
+ For backwards compatibility, you may still use braces like
+ <varname>$str{42}</varname> for the same purpose. However, this syntax
+ is deprecated as of PHP 6.
</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@@ -1101,19 +1102,22 @@
<?php
// Get the first character of a string
$str = 'This is a test.';
-$first = $str{0};
+$first = $str[0];
// Get the third character of a string
-$third = $str{2};
+$third = $str[2];
// Get the last character of a string.
$str = 'This is still a test.';
-$last = $str{strlen($str)-1};
+$last = $str[strlen($str)-1];
// Modify the last character of a string
$str = 'Look at the sea';
-$str{strlen($str)-1} = 'e';
-
+$str[strlen($str)-1] = 'e';
+
+// Deprecated syntax with braces
+$third = $str{2};
+
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
