[zowanet]

This[1] works fine in every version of PHP since at least v4.3.0 (released in 2002). Do you have a concrete example of this supposed breakage?

[1]: https://3v4l.org/DWDLn

[ragnese]

I think the parent was referring to this: http://phpsadness.com/sad/47

[spaced-out]

It seems so, my memory must be from using an older version.