Doc #80622 [Nab]: Optional argument brackets

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80622&edit=1 ID: 80622 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: grzesiek at gbankowski dot pl Summary: Optional argument brackets Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Actually, this case is not related to the mentioned PR, but rather because variable-length argument lists[1] can be empty. [1] <https://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.variable-arg-list> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-01-13 13:42:05] cmb@php.net This has been done to match PHP's syntax for user defined functions more closely[1]. [1] <https://github.com/php/phd/pull/37Y> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-01-13 13:35:17] grzesiek at gbankowski dot pl Description: ------------ Dear PHP webmasters, I'm writting to inform that, in all funcions disappeared brackets [] for optional arguments. Why? sscanf ( string $string , string $format , mixed &...$vars ) : array|int|null $vars is optional, but where are brackets? Best regards Grzegorz Test script: --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80622&edit=1