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Hans Zaunere hans-at-nyphp.com |nyphp dev/internal group use| wrote:

>>What are the top 5 most *useful* PHP functions to you? (in no order)
>>
>>+ preg_match_all
>>+ preg_replace
>>+ array_unique
>>+ array_combine
>>+ (tie) file_get_contents and simplexml_load_string
>>    
>>
>
>Well, I'd have to go with mysql_connect() as being the number one
>function I've used in nearly every PHP application I've ever written :)
>
>But seriously, it's a tough call to name specific functions, especially
>since the most common are language constructs (and technically not
>functions).  So, I'll say the most useful function groups:
>
>-- date/time (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php)
>-- strings (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php)
>-- arrays (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php)
>-- error handling/logging
>(http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.errorfunc.php)
>-- php options and information
>(http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php)
>-- MySQL (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php)
>-- variables (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.var.php)
>
>
>---
>Hans Zaunere
>President, Founder
>New York PHP
>http://www.nyphp.org
>  
>

Hmmm.... I don't think it should be so easy to avoid answering the 
question ;-)

Perhaps we can get Hans to commit if we clarify a bit. Given that many 
core functions are like language constructs, we can take them for 
granted (they exist in most programming languages). But since PHP is 
such a cool language with so many great utility functions, of those 
remaining utlity functions, whcih are the favorites??

So by this reasoning mysql_connect doesn't count (unless there was some 
special set of params or technique of use that made it do something 
especially cool).

-=john andrews