Doc #60781 [NEW]: getprotobyname: returns FALSE, not -1

From: Operating system: * PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:getprotobyname: returns FALSE, not -1 Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.getprotobyname#refsect1-function.getprotobyname-returnvalues --- Documentation says "-1 if the protocol is not found", but function returns FALSE if the protocol is not found. Related to bug#60779 and similar bug#52662 for getprotobynumber. Test script: --------------- <?php // Based on code from #60779 $protocol = 'BLA'; $get_prot = getprotobyname($protocol); var_dump($get_prot); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Return Values Returns the protocol number or FALSE if the protocol is not found. Actual result: -------------- Return Values Returns the protocol number or -1 if the protocol is not found. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60781&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60781&r=mysqlcfg