Posted by Andy Hassall on 05/26/07 21:27

On 26 May 2007 12:43:24 -0700, semi_evil@inbox.com wrote:

>One script is littered with strtok() occurrences. So I checked the
>manual for its details.
>I do understand the basics of it, and the limitations (like not being
>able to work on two strings simultaneously for loss of the strtok
>internal 'pointer').
>
>And it MUST be my ignorance and/or limited experience, but I don't
>understand what this function has to offer that can't be solved with
>str_split and explode functions, or to be more precise, what typical
>problem can better/easier/faster be solved by using strtok() than by
>the 'easier' string and array functions.

It's possible that the author of the code has experience writing string
manipulation code in C, and so was drawn to PHP's string functions that mirror
the standard ones from <string.h>, including strtok, which also inherits the C
function's limitations (most notably, no requirement for reentrancy).

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