#49745 [NEW]: Inconsistent type for interval

From: edwin dot h at clear dot net dot nz Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Inconsistent type for interval Description: ------------ In the Description section of the documentation, for DateTime::add() the variable type for $interval is said to be "string", but for the procedural equivalent, date_add() the variable type for $interval is said to be "DateInterval". However, in the Parameters section of the documentation, the type for $interval is only said to be "DateTime" and there is no mention of "string". This is inconsistent - though I am not clear whether the Description section is correct and the Parameters section is wrong, or vice versa. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: datetime.add#Description --- Expected result: ---------------- Not applicable. Actual result: -------------- Not applicable. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49745&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49745&r=mysqlcfg