Doc #63495 [Opn->Nab]: docs for base_convert() could be clearer

From: Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:33:44 +0000
Subject: Doc #63495 [Opn->Nab]: docs for base_convert() could be clearer
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63495&edit=1 ID: 63495 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: daniel at amnistechnology dot com Summary: docs for base_convert() could be clearer -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: any PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Closing, since this is already documented. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-13 18:40:50] mail+php at requinix dot net It does. Right in the description: "Both frombase and tobase have to be between 2 and 36, inclusive." The comment you're referring to is from 2002. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-12 11:36:34] daniel at amnistechnology dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63495&edit=1

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