Doc #62822 [NEW]: array_unique() - Confusing example

From: danielklein at airpost dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:array_unique() - Confusing example Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.array-unique#refsect1-function.array-unique-examples --- In the example code int(4) and string("3") are both the first and last versions of those values encountered! <?php $input = array(4, "4", "3", 4, 3, "3"); ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ $result = array_unique($input); var_dump($result); ?> It would be better written as <?php $input = array(4, "4", "3", "4", 3, 3); $result = array_unique($input); var_dump($result); ?> or something else that shows it's the _first_ value that determines the type, not the last. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62822&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62822&r=mysqlcfg