#50640 [NEW]: Documentation error

From: user at example dot com Operating system: none PHP version: 5.2.12 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Documentation error Description: ------------ The explanation on this page is incorrect Examples 3 and 4 are false Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.sprintf#Parameters --- %1$s is not a valid syntax , the correct syntax is %1\$s a backslash is needed before $ -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50640&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50640&r=mysqlcfg