#46183 [NEW]: define-syslog-variables documentation unclear

From: php at kennelREMOVEME17 dot co dot uk Operating system: N/A PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: define-syslog-variables documentation unclear Description: ------------ The documentation at http://php.net/manual/en/network.configuration.php#ini.define-syslog-variables is unclear about what this setting is for. As far as I can tell, it simply creates variables containing the constant values defined on http://uk.php.net/manual/en/network.constants.php (using the same names), and I can't see why you would need to do that (why not just use the constants?). Is this a backwards-compatibility issue, or is this function doing something else that I've misunderstood? It would be useful if it clarified exactly what variables are created, and why. It might also be useful to add this to description of define_syslog_variables() as well. (Note I added this as a note to the page, but it was rejected and it was suggested I report here instead. However the note is currently still there - feel free to delete it once issue fixed if it doesn't vanish automatically!) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46183&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46183&r=mysqlcfg