Doc #76303 [Opn->Nab]: file_get_contents - 4th parameter default was -1 now its 0

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76303&edit=1 ID: 76303 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: roland at inkoeln dot com Summary: file_get_contents - 4th parameter default was -1 now its 0 -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.2.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php This particular behavior is documented in at least three locations so there's no reason to not know about it. Besides, passing the default values for trailing arguments is silly. Don't do that. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-05-06 13:55:21] roland at inkoeln dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.file-get-contents --- in php 5.x upto 7.0.x file_get_contents('merge.json', false, null, -1); returns complete file content in PHP 7.2.3-1ubuntu1 (cli) (built: Mar 14 2018 22:03:58) ( NTS ) file_get_contents('merge.json', false, null, -1); return only last character (\n) This breaks backward compatibility for me Test script: --------------- <?php print file_get_contents('some_file.txt', false, null, -1); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76303&edit=1