Doc #76880 [Opn->Ver]: Documentation shows case that cannot be used

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76880&edit=1 ID: 76880 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: kaisa dot lehikoinen at bromangroup dot fi Summary: Documentation shows case that cannot be used -Status: Open +Status: Verified Type: Documentation Problem -Package: *Languages/Translation +Package: intl PHP Version: 7.2.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Confirmed: <https://3v4l.org/8oJsn>. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-09-14 08:47:16] kaisa dot lehikoinen at bromangroup dot fi Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/messageformatter.geterrorcode --- The example error in documentation does not exist anymore (as of http://au1.php.net/manual/en/migration55.changed-functions.php). There is no possible way of catching the case when insufficient number of arguments is given with MessageFormatter Test script: --------------- $locale='fi_FI'; $pattern="{gender, select, female { Hello Missis {name}! } male { Hello Mister {name}! } other {Hello {name}!}}"; $params=array(); $MessageFormatter= new \MessageFormatter($locale, $pattern); $phrase= $MessageFormatter->format($params); if(!$phrase) { //this part does not catch insufficient number of arguments error $error=$MessageFormatter->getErrorMessage(); echo 'error:'.$error; } return $phrase; Expected result: ---------------- error: not enough parameters: U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR (1) Actual result: -------------- Hello {name}! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76880&edit=1