Doc #77807 [Opn->Csd]: Misuse of 'i.e.' instead of 'e.g.' in $_SERVER docs

From: Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:57:03 +0000
Subject: Doc #77807 [Opn->Csd]: Misuse of 'i.e.' instead of 'e.g.' in $_SERVER docs
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77807&edit=1 ID: 77807 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: markamery at btinternet dot com Summary: Misuse of 'i.e.' instead of 'e.g.' in $_SERVER docs -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources[1]. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. [1] <<http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=347079>> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-03-27 13:35:48] markamery at btinternet dot com Description: ------------ The docs at https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php state that the REQUEST_METHOD variable contains: Which request method was used to access the page; i.e. 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT'. Read literally, this seems to mean that it can only ever hold one of those four specific values, which is of course not true. This apparently confused at least one person in the past: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10766284/1709587 To fix this, the "i.e." should simply be replaced by "e.g.". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77807&edit=1

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