Doc #63495 [NEW]: docs for base_convert() could be clearer

From: daniel at amnistechnology dot com Operating system: any PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:docs for base_convert() could be clearer Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.base-convert#refsect1-function.base-convert-description --- I feel that the docs themselves should mention this (desribed nicely by one of the commenters): " If you haven't already figured it out from the text, the higest base you can encode in is 36 (because z is 35)," -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63495&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63495&r=mysqlcfg