Doc #63158 [NEW]: Misleading Example of ErrorException::getSeverity()

From: xianrenb at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Misleading Example of ErrorException::getSeverity() Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/errorexception.getseverity#refsect1- errorexception.getseverity-examples --- According to https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/Zend/zend_exceptions.c (Sep 24, 2012), lines 221~258 and 327~335 (especially 221~228), the method getSeverity() should return error level constants as described in http://hk.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.constants.php , as the default value of $severity is exactly E_ERROR: /* {{{ proto ErrorException::__construct(string message, int code, int severity [, string filename [, int lineno [, Exception previous]]]) ErrorException constructor */ ZEND_METHOD(error_exception, __construct) { char *message = NULL, *filename = NULL; long code = 0, severity = E_ERROR, lineno; zval *object, *previous = NULL; int argc = ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), message_len, filename_len; Expected result: ---------------- <?php try { throw new ErrorException("Exception message", 0, E_USER_NOTICE); } catch(ErrorException $e) { echo "This exception severity is: " . $e->getSeverity(); } ?> Actual result: -------------- <?php try { throw new ErrorException("Exception message", 0, 75); } catch(ErrorException $e) { echo "This exception severity is: " . $e->getSeverity(); } ?> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63158&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63158&r=mysqlcfg