Doc #52855 [Opn->Wfx]: Incorrect example provided for geoip-db-avail

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52855&edit=1 ID: 52855 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: james dot widdowson at tiscali dot co dot uk Summary: Incorrect example provided for geoip-db-avail -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N New Comment: Actually, that looks correct to me: the intention of the example seems to be to demonstrate that you would use geoip_db_avail() before making any other calls that use the GeoIP database, such as geoip_database_info(). Closing won't fix. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-15 15:33:44] james dot widdowson at tiscali dot co dot uk Description: ------------ The example provided on the following page is incorrect: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.geoip-db-avail.php Example #1 A geoip_db_avail() example This will output the current database version string. <?php if (geoip_db_avail(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION)) print geoip_database_info(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION); ?> The above example will output: GEO-106FREE 20080801 Build 1 Copyright (c) 2006 MaxMind LLC All Rights Reserved The incorrect function (geoip_database_info rather than geoip_db_avail)is being used in the print statement which means the output displayed is incorrect for the function being described. It should be a bool. Expected result: ---------------- Example #1 A geoip_db_avail() example This will output the current database version string. <?php if (geoip_db_avail(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION)) print geoip_db_avail(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION); ?> The above example will output: True ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52855&edit=1