Doc #60566 [Opn->Bgs]: Highlight that 3rd argument $matches only became optional in 5.4.0

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60566&edit=1 ID: 60566 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported by: martinb at online dot ie Summary: Highlight that 3rd argument $matches only became optional in 5.4.0 -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: No, all changes to functions are described as changelog entries See http://www.php.net/manual/en/about.phpversions.php for more details on which versions we document. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-19 20:17:05] martinb at online dot ie Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.preg-match-all#refsect1-function.preg-match-all-description --- The fact that the 3rd argument matches was not optional before 5.4.0 needs to be highlighted at the top the documentation, not buried in the change log. Test script: --------------- <?php // PHP 5.3.2 if (preg_match_all('/a/', 'aaa') === false) error_log("returns false"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Nothing Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: preg_match_all() expects at least 3 parameters, 2 given in /var/www/noname/test.php on line 3 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/noname/test.php:0 PHP 2. preg_match_all() /var/www/noname/test.php:3 returns false ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60566&edit=1