Doc #76314 [Com]: Specify failure return type for soundex

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76314&edit=1 ID: 76314 Comment by: roy-orbison at devo dot net dot au Reported by: roy-orbison at devo dot net dot au Summary: Specify failure return type for soundex Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Strings related PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Or a 0, or false, or null. Or, if it gets an array (but only an array), it emits a warning and returns NULL. There are plenty of ways bad data can be passed to a function, return types should be consistent and documented. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-05-09 01:31:56] requinix@php.net ...which only happens if the string is empty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-05-09 01:25:05] roy-orbison at devo dot net dot au Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.soundex --- No mention that it returns FALSE on failure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76314&edit=1