#44606 [Opn]: Error in description of second paramter for trim in german documentation

ID: 44606 User updated by: julian dot hartmann at gmail dot com Reported By: julian dot hartmann at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Translation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: With "explicit" i am referring to a sentence like "This parameter will replace the default list of characters." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-02 14:55:52] julian dot hartmann at gmail dot com The german wording states "Optional kann eine Liste weiterer Zeichen angefügt werden" which translates pretty much to "optionally, a list of additional characters can be attached" ("weiterer" = additional; "angefügt" = attached). "Er enthält eine Liste aller zu entfernenden Zeichen." could be read as stating it correctly, but then it would still contradict the first sentence. I would recommend to alter the first sentence to a wording like "Optional kann die Liste der Zeichen angegeben werden, die an Anfang und Ende der Zeichenkette entfernt werden sollen." (= "Optionally, the list of characters can be specified which will be removed from the beginning and the end of the string."). This would at least implicitly state that the default list will be replaced. This would pretty much resemble the english wording, despite none of them explicitly states that the default list will be replaced by the second parameter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-02 14:41:56] danbrown@php.net My native language isn't German, but I do speak it. To me, the combination of this: "Die Funktion entfernt Whitespaces an Anfang und Ende von str und gibt den String dann zurück. Ohne Verwendung des zweiten Parameters entfernt trim() folgende Zeichen" And this: "Optional kann eine Liste weiterer Zeichen angefügt werden, die an Anfang und Ende der Zeichenkette entfernt werden sollen. Um diese Zeichen anzugeben, wird der charlist Parameter verwendet. Er enthält eine Liste aller zu entfernenden Zeichen. Mit .. können darüber hinaus auch ganze Bereiche von Zeichen angegeben werden." Explains that the second parameter replaces the default charlist. In addition, the English documentation does, in fact, state the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-02 10:03:36] julian dot hartmann at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Error in description of second paramter for trim in german documentation. http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.trim.php The second parameter (charlist) is explained as being a list of ADDITIONAL characters to remove, but trim() seems to replace its default list with this one instead of extending it. English documentation does state not whether the second param "adds to" or "replaces" the default. Reproduce code: --------------- $foo = " \xa0 bar"; $trimmed = trim($foo, "\xa0"); var_dump($trimmed); $trimmed = trim($foo, "\xa0\x20"); var_dump($trimmed); Expected result: ---------------- string(3) "bar" string(3) "bar" Actual result: -------------- string(6) " bar" string(3) "bar" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44606&edit=1