From: Operating system: * PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Strings related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Easy substr/array_splice method
Description: ------------ In python exists a easy method for substr, and I suggest this for PHP. I think that not will do incompatible nothing because is a new method. $test = "Hello"; echo $test[0]; // Exists: H echo $test[0, 1; // New: H (too) echo $test[-1]; // New: o echo $test[-3]; // New: llo $test = array(0, 1, 2); echo $test[0]; // 0 echo $test[0, 2]; // array(0, 1, 2) In python is [x:y], but in PHP I thinkg think that is better ',' to don't complicate. Bye. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52129&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52129&r=mysqlcfg