Doc #76166 [NEW]: file_get_contents reference has an invalid example

From: zikyky at gmail dot com Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 7.1.16 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:file_get_contents reference has an invalid example Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.file-get-contents --- Example #3 uses "NULL" for a boolean parameter, while this works under normal circumstances, it throws a TypeError if strict_types is enabled. The example should use FALSE instead of NULL for the $use_include_path parameter, like this: $section = file_get_contents('./people.txt', FALSE, NULL, 20, 14); Test script: --------------- <?php declare(strict_types=1); // Read 14 characters starting from the 21st character $section = file_get_contents('./people.txt', NULL, NULL, 20, 14); var_dump($section); ?> Expected result: ---------------- string(14) "lle Bjori Ro" Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: file_get_contents() expects parameter 2 to be boolean, null given in -:4 Stack trace: #0 -(4): file_get_contents('./people.txt', NULL, NULL, 20, 14) #1 {main} thrown in - on line 4 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76166&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76166&r=mysqlcfg