Doc #52456 [Opn]: dns_get_record fourth parameter is not optional in 5.2

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52456&edit=1 ID: 52456 User updated by: temp at umbrellasource dot com Reported by: temp at umbrellasource dot com Summary: dns_get_record fourth parameter is not optional in 5.2 Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Centos 5.5 PHP Version: 5.2.14 Block user comment: N New Comment: Forgot to finish my thought Given that it does work with the fourth parameter I'd just update the documentation that it does that in 5.2 and call it an undocumented feature. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-27 15:17:22] temp at umbrellasource dot com Description: ------------ There's some unexpected behavior to this function. According to documentation, the fourth parameter is optional. However, if you include the third parameter and omit the fourth, the function will error out with a warning. Either the documentation is wrong or this is a bug in 5.2. Given that it does This appears to be fixed as of 5.3.1 (tested on RHEL 6 beta) Test script: --------------- <?php $ref = dns_get_record('php.net', DNS_A, $ns); var_dump($ref); ?> Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { [0]=> array(5) { ["host"]=> string(7) "php.net" ["type"]=> string(1) "A" ["ip"]=> string(13) "69.147.83.197" ["class"]=> string(2) "IN" ["ttl"]=> int(84264) } } Actual result: -------------- Warning: Wrong parameter count for dns_get_record() NULL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52456&edit=1