Bug #16726: in_array doesnt allow Array as a search argument

From: emailleonid@start.com.au Operating system: winXP PHP version: 4.2.0 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: in_array doesnt allow Array as a search argument Below is from documentation of in_array() $a = array(array('p', 'h'), array('p', 'r'), 'o'); if (in_array(array ('p', 'h'), $a)) echo "'ph' is found\n"; if (in_array(array ('f', 'i'), $a)) echo "'fi' is not found\n"; if (in_array('o', $a)) echo "'o' is found\n"; it runs it gice the followign error Warning: Wrong datatype for first argument in call to in_array in /home/www/vaner/test.php on line 4 Warning: Wrong datatype for first argument in call to in_array in /home/www/vaner/test.php on line 6 'o' is found I thought it should allow array as a search argument. what the...? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16726&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16726&r=submittedtwice