> The standard function naming and argument ordering is inconsistent and stupid This is quite hard to fix, as it would break almost everything. So you'd end up

> The standard function naming and argument ordering is inconsistent and stupid This is quite hard to fix, as it would break almost everything. So you'd end up with a Python 3 situation. However, as of PHP 8, it's less of an issue. If you can't remember the order for arguments, you can use named arguments <https://3v4l.org/cY1PB https://3v4l.org/cY1PB> like so: strpos(needle: "foo", haystack: "foobar") > It throws errors written in Hebrew If you're referring to T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, this is no longer true as of PHP 8: https://3v4l.org/2T8qQ https://3v4l.org/2T8qQ -- the error is just this: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "::", expecting end of file Internally, the token is still called T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, but you can also refer to it by T_DOUBLE_COLON: <https://www.php.net/manual/en/tokens.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/tokens.php> and I suspect eventually they'll phase out the Hebrew spelling.