Abbreviating that to "html" would be an improvement.
Is that the only function that starts with "html"? Is "html" a common variable name?
Inconsistent function naming
I agree that this is a stupid design choice.
Is that the only function that starts with "html"?
There are two functions starting with html: "htmlentities" and "htmlspecialchars". They do almost the same thing.
Is "html" a common variable name?
Variables in PHP must start with $, so it could be only "$html". There is no possible conflict.
By the way, I think this language design choice is good... well, I would hate to see it in my favourite language, but for a typical PHP user it is probably good that something prevents possible conflicts between va...
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