Doc #77779 [NEW]: incorrect syntax

From: ulrich dot geiss at arcor dot de Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:incorrect syntax Description: ------------ Hello, on page http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php the syntax line "echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] ) : void" is incorrect. As stated later echo is NOT a function. If used with "(", a comma-separated argument list and ")", echo will fail (error message: [Thu Mar 21 18:41:34.397179 2019] [php7:emerg] [pid 5218] [client 192.168.0.33:62292] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /var/www/html/album/now.php on line 9). Please change the syntax-line to "echo string $arg1 [, string $... ]". It took me some hours to find out the reason for the errors and to correct my php-scripts. Thanks in advance with kind regards U. Geiß Test script: --------------- <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Server clock</title> </head> <body> <?php echo 'The server says: My clock shows "' , date( 'c' ) , '"' ; // correct syntax echo( 'The server says: My clock shows "' , date( 'c' ) , '"' ) ; // syntax as shown on http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php ?> </body> </html> Expected result: ---------------- The server says: My clock shows "2019-03-21T18:46:25+00:00" Actual result: --------------  HTTP 500 error That’s odd... the website can’t display this page The site may be under maintenance or could have a programming error. Try this Go back to the last page Try contacting the website’s owner Report this issue Privacy statement -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77779&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77779&r=mysqlcfg