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Re: query: how many use PHP for linux scripts [message #185926 is a reply to message #185922] Wed, 14 May 2014 21:18 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ben Bacarisse is currently offline  Ben Bacarisse
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> writes:

> On 14/05/14 19:00, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> On 14/05/14 13:39, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
<snip>
>>>> A PHP translation of C string handling would inevitably be simpler since
>>>> there would be no need manage the storage. That's the biggest advantage
>>>> in my opinion, even if never used any of PHP's more complex string
>>>> manipulation.
>>
>> ACK.
>>
>>> when managing storage is no harder than
>>>
>>> char buf[1024];
>>>
>>> I cant see the issue.
>>
>> What happens when you store a string (say, user input) with more than
>> 1023 bytes in buf? Oh, well, of course you won't--good luck.
>>
>
> I make sure I don't.
> strncpy...

Well, I never saw that coming. You must be one of the few experienced C
programmers to consider strncpy to be a solution for anything!

> If I really dont know, well then calculate first and malloc.

....but then memory management is not a simple as a declaration (which is
where this started). In PHP you need neither.

<snip>
--
Ben.
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