Doc #78048 [NEW]: Weakref extension and PHP 7.4 weak references might cause confusion

From: petk Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Weakref extension and PHP 7.4 weak references might cause confusion Description: ------------ Probably we've missed this one, because it is quite a possibility for a confusion in the near future when weak references will be documented in the manual. The two sound completely the same on the first glance and should be made somehow clear what they are about. If the weakref extension is perhaps abandoned in favour of the new core feature it should be then removed from the manual and PHP should pick namings a bit more ecosystem friendly in the future... The so called weak references chapter is also missing atm with some minor examples. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78048&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78048&r=mysqlcfg