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php > echo count(get_defined_functions(TRUE)['internal']); 1196 They should clean up the global name space, but that will never happen, so I'll continue no

php > echo count(get_defined_functions(TRUE)['internal']); 1196 They should clean up the global name space, but that will never happen, so I'll continue not using PHP.

jbrooksuk 7y ago
Why does the number of methods in the global namespace bother you? * Genuinely interested in the rationale behind this. Sure, it's a lot, but why does that matter?
- jbrooksuk 7y ago
  Why the downvote? This is a genuine question!
- itwy 7y ago
  Complaints like this one make PHP seem perfect.
imtringued 7y ago
Yeah and they should add basic features like lambdas and rewrite the entire standard library to support that while they are at it and when they are done with all of that could they potentially provide a separate syntax similar to facebook's reason? It's no longer the same language anymore if you change everything and therefore there is no reason to waste time improving PHP.
- Lazare 7y ago
  PHP has had lambdas for years, and the next major version has a concise syntax similar to JS arrow functions.
- liability 7y ago
  I'm sensing some sarcasm but that unironicly sounds like a good idea to me.
noname120 7y ago
While parent's comment seems to attract some downvotes, there is a good point hidden beneath: PHP (mostly) keeps backward compatibility. This means that old and unsafe functions that should not be used anymore are not removed from the language and are still available to use. Coupled with a lot of outdated documentation and tutorials that advocate using these functions, it becomes a big issue. For example, many tutorials use "==" when "===" should be the default. Deprecated functions are used in many tutorials as well.