[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25259: Helper functions for mbstring.func_overload

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#25259: Helper functions for mbstring.func_overload
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 Reporter:  dd32          |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.7
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:10 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 dd32]:
 > > For those cases, we could do a compat function that looks something
 like:
 >
 > FWIW, we already have a compat version of `mb_substr()`:
 [source:tags/3.6.1/wp-includes/compat.php#L16].

 I guess the function_exists() check would have to  either check for a
 different mbstring function, or, now that i look at it, simply calling it
 with an ascii encoding would always work (as if mbstring isn't loaded,
 it'll use substr(), otherwise, it'll use mb_substr with ascii)

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