cvs: /phpdoc/functions misc.sgml

cslawi Tue Sep 21 19:01:36 1999 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/functions misc.sgml Log: Fixed up uniqid() docs a bit. Index: phpdoc/functions/misc.sgml diff -u phpdoc/functions/misc.sgml:1.8 phpdoc/functions/misc.sgml:1.9 --- phpdoc/functions/misc.sgml:1.8 Tue Sep 21 17:45:16 1999 +++ phpdoc/functions/misc.sgml Tue Sep 21 19:01:36 1999 @@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ capabilities of the user's browser. This is done by looking up the browser's information in the <filename>browscap.ini</filename> file. By default, the value of - <variable>$HTTP_USER_AGENT</variable> is used; however, you can - alter this (i.e., look up another browser's info) by passing the - optional <parameter>user_agent</parameter> parameter to + $HTTP_USER_AGENT is used; however, you can alter this (i.e., look + up another browser's info) by passing the optional + <parameter>user_agent</parameter> parameter to <function>get_browser</function>. </simpara> @@ -349,9 +349,8 @@ <simpara> The output of the above script would look something like this: </simpara> - - <simpara> - <programlisting> + + <programlisting> Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.9 i586)&lt;hr&gt; &lt;b&gt;browser_name_pattern:&lt;/b&gt; Mozilla/4\.5.*&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;parent:&lt;/b&gt; Netscape 4.0&lt;br&gt; @@ -372,8 +371,7 @@ &lt;b&gt;crawler:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;authenticodeupdate:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;msn:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt; - </programlisting> - </simpara> + </programlisting> <simpara> In order for this to work, your <link @@ -636,7 +634,7 @@ <refentry id="function.uniqid"> <refnamediv> <refname>uniqid</refname> - <refpurpose>generate a unique id</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Generate a unique id.</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> @@ -647,7 +645,7 @@ </funcsynopsis> <simpara> <function>uniqid</function> returns a prefixed unique identifier - based on current time in microseconds. The prefix can be useful + based on the current time in microseconds. The prefix can be useful for instance if you generate identifiers simultaneously on several hosts that might happen to generate the identifier at the same microsecond. <parameter>prefix</parameter> can be up to 114 @@ -660,10 +658,18 @@ results more unique. </simpara> <simpara> - Without an empty prefix, the returned string will be 13 - characters long. If <parameter>lcg</parameter> is true, it will - be 23 characters. + With an empty <parameter>prefix</parameter>, the returned string + will be 13 characters long. If <parameter>lcg</parameter> is + true, it will be 23 characters. </simpara> + + <note> + <simpara> + The <parameter>lcg</parameter> parameter is only available in + PHP 4 and PHP 3.0.13 and later. + </simpara> + </note> + <para> If you need a unique identifier or token and you intend to give out that token to the user via the network (i.e. session cookies),