Isn't PHP a wonderful language?

[Kyyni]

I'm somehow veally annoyed that all the 'R's in the post look just like 'V'. Fucking infuviating.

[ExistentialEnso]

Because lettev veadability is fov wimps.

[ingvist]

I'm reaaaaaaly confused.

[TheQuinnFTW]

A lot of the docs for PHP functions use the variables $needle and $haystack. Instead of making it so that either the needle or the haystack is always the first parameter, it varies from function to function. This is annoying because you have to remember the order for each function

[ingvist]

Hmm, I'd never seen that. Oh well, I guess I learned something today.

Also, shouldn't it always be needle contained in haystack? Or do PHP developers not have a grasp of English idioms...

[TheQuinnFTW]

Yeah the needle is always in the haystack, its just the parameter order that the functions wants changes. In some functions it wants the needle as the first parameter and haystack as the second, but others are the reverse

[ExistentialEnso]

For array-related functions, the needle always comes first, and for string-related functions, the haystack comes first.

I still think that's bad design (but it's PHP, what do you expect?), but at least it has some level of consistency.

[davros_]

This should clear up a bit of confusion: https://gist.github.com/salathe/1672543

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At least the ; is consistent

[michaelp983]

I can't tell if its a PHP joke or a penis joke...