Yes, currently the only problem I have fixed is the multi-line issue, but
that is not what I am talking about. get_meta_tags returns an associative
array where the value of the NAME attribute of the meta tag becomes the key,
and the value of the CONTENTS attribute becomes the value. I am proposing
totally changing the return value to a multi-dimensional array that contains
every recognized (by W3C) attribute in the META tag.
I will send a message to php-general and see what type of response I get.
Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andi Gutmans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'André Langhorst'; 'PHP Development'
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Changing implementation of get_meta_tags for
> 4.0.5
>
>
> Is the only thing it fixes the multi-line problem? (In such a
> case I think
> doing the fix is fine).
> Also, in your example when you wrote "= NULL" I hope you meant not to
> define these at all and not making them NULL. It is better
> (traversal and
> such).
> Last but not least, you could send an Email to php-general@
> and ask who
> uses it and how. It will give you an idea if there are lots
> of people or
> none. Again, if the only problem you fixed is the multi-line
> problem then I
> think people won't get bitten by this.
>
> Andi
>
> At 01:01 AM 2/14/2001 -0500, Sean R. Bright wrote:
> >Well I certainly don't want to compare it to changes from
> PHP3 to PHP4, but
> >this really isn't that huge of a change. The only
> difference is that this
> >time this function will actually work correctly. Its never
> a Good Thing
> >(tm) to break backwards compatibility but that shouldn't be
> the only thing
> >reason to not change the implementation. If you guys want
> it to be another
> >function could someone suggest a name for it? get_meta_tags_ex??
> >
> >Sean
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andi Gutmans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:41 AM
> > > To: André Langhorst; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Development
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing implementation of
> get_meta_tags for
> > > 4.0.5
> > >
> > >
> > > Well maybe we can have a function with another name? or pass
> > > an optional
> > > second argument?
> > > I'm not that sure it's a good thing to break backwards
> > > compatibility on
> > > this one although I admit not knowing how many people
> > > actually use it. My
> > > guess is that if it's been in a couple of versions of PHP 4
> > > there are at
> > > least a couple of dozen if not more using it.
> > >
> > > Andi
> > >
> > > At 11:34 PM 2/13/2001 +0100, André Langhorst wrote:
> > > >>This will break backwards compatibility, and I am not
> > > really in favor of
> > > >>adding a new param to get_meta_tags in order to include this new
> > > >>functionality, that will just obfuscate the code more than
> > > it needs to be.
> > > >>I think we should just change one implementation, to
> > > another, better one. I
> > > >>can't imagine that that many people are using this tag
> > > often enough to
> > > >>require a huge change in their code.
> > > >
> > > >following your description, that function is really
> broeken (lack of
> > > >functionality) and thus needs a non-backwards-compatible
> > > fix, your fix
> > > >sounds nice indeed
> > > >this function is not widespreadly used I guess
> > > >
> > > >2c
> > > >
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