Doc #65614 [NEW]: misleading documentation in php.net: default values by reference

From: 4d95cb4a at opayq dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description: misleading documentation in php.net: default values by reference Description: ------------ misleading documentation in php.net: Note: As of PHP 5, default values may be passed by reference: http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.arguments.default what it currently says: Note: As of PHP 5, default values may be passed by reference. what is should say: Note: As of PHP 5, reference arguments may have default values. Expected result: ---------------- the meaning of the documentation: function bar(&$baz = 'baz') { } Actual result: -------------- from the current documentation you can understand: function bar($baz = $foo) { } // syntax error or: function bar($baz = &$foo) { } // syntax error -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65614&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65614&r=mysqlcfg