Consistent standard library

[thekid]

Scope of Change

This RFC suggests creating a consistent standard library, which will be transpiled to the current function-based PHP standard library.

Rationale

Consistency when authoring without speed decrease at runtime.

Functionality

The API uses [group]::[function] as a principle, where group is one of:

• str - Handling strings
• array - Handling arrays

...and function is represented by the methods from JavaScript, a language every PHP programmer knows anyhow.

$s= 'Test,the,west';

// What we write
$l= str::length($s);
$p= str::indexOf($s, ',');

// What gets emitted
$l= \strlen($s);
$p= false === ($_p= \strpos($s, ',')) ? -1 : $_p;

Security considerations

Speed impact

Dependencies

Related documents

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array

[thekid]

See also https://docs.zephir-lang.com/0.12/en/builtin-methods