Doc #78142 [Com]: Function prototype return value does not contain type in case of failure
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78142&edit=1
ID: 78142
Comment by: mail at marcus dot haase dot name
Reported by: mail at marcus dot haase dot name
Summary: Function prototype return value does not contain
type in case of failure
Status: Open
Type: Documentation Problem
Package: *General Issues
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
So, the docs will stay wrong, because there are too many errors?
I always held the php documentation in high esteem, I hope, this is not goint to change.
Previous Comments:
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[2019-06-11 14:29:59] girgias@php.net
This "issue" has been raised multiple times already and the current stance that I'm
aware of is that the doc will not be changed to encompass false as a return value in the prototype.
The main reason for this is that there are so many functions affected that it is unpractical.
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[2019-06-11 11:36:55] mail at marcus dot haase dot name
Description:
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The return type for mb-strpos is declared as int, although it can be either int of false, as is
explained in the text of the documentation later on. To somebody reading only the call-description
but not the textual description, this is misleading.
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mb_strpos ( string $haystack , string $needle [, int $offset = 0 [, string $encoding =
mb_internal_encoding() ]] ) : int
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From manual page: https://php.net/function.mb-strpos
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Test script:
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Irrelevant
Expected result:
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Remove the PHP7.1 return type
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