Doc #69011 [NEW]: contraddiction in echo documentation

From: teo8976 at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:contraddiction in echo documentation Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.echo --- This: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] ) """ is in contraddiction with this: """ Additionally, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not be enclosed within parentheses. """ The second is true, so the first must be corrected. It should read something like: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1) void echo string $arg1 [, string $... ] """ And by the way, why on earth not changing the behavior so that it does accept parenthesis with more than one parameter?? Test script: --------------- --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.echo --- This: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] ) """ is in contraddiction with this: """ Additionally, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not be enclosed within parentheses. """ The second is true, so the first must be corrected. It should read something like: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1) void echo string $arg1 [, string $... ] """ And by the way, why on earth not changing the behavior so that it does accept parenthesis with more than one parameter?? Expected result: ---------------- --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.echo --- This: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] ) """ is in contraddiction with this: """ Additionally, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not be enclosed within parentheses. """ The second is true, so the first must be corrected. It should read something like: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1) void echo string $arg1 [, string $... ] """ And by the way, why on earth not changing the behavior so that it does accept parenthesis with more than one parameter?? Actual result: -------------- --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.echo --- This: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] ) """ is in contraddiction with this: """ Additionally, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not be enclosed within parentheses. """ The second is true, so the first must be corrected. It should read something like: """ Description void echo ( string $arg1) void echo string $arg1 [, string $... ] """ And by the way, why on earth not changing the behavior so that it does accept parenthesis with more than one parameter?? -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69011&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69011&r=mysqlcfg