Doc #69631 [NEW]: improve syntax readability

From: expression645 at gmail dot com Operating system: windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:improve syntax readability Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.date --- string date ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] ) Test script: --------------- string date ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] ) Dear Sir, can you please improve documentation by including how to read the syntax in the example above for improving readability for arts majors. For instance "date entered should be string in quotes etc as in $a= date("l");" Thnak-you Expected result: ---------------- string date ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] ) Dear Sir, can you please improve documentation by including how to read the syntax in the example above for improving readability for arts majors. For instance "date entered should be string in quotes etc as in $a= date("l");" Thnak-you Actual result: -------------- string date ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] ) Dear Sir, can you please improve documentation by including how to read the syntax in the example above for improving readability for arts majors. For instance "date entered should be string in quotes etc as in $a= date("l");" Thnak-you -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69631&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69631&r=mysqlcfg