#27097 [Opn]: checkdate asks for long doc says int

ID: 27097 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: trancer at trancer dot nl Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.3.4 New Comment: What should we do then? Maybe its better to add a note to http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.php explaining that long is similar to an integer. Ideas? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-30 11:14:57] et@php.net Derick: Then why does zend_zval_type_name return "integer"? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-30 11:13:31] et@php.net When i think more about it, it doesn't really make sense for checkdate to accept "1e1" (which is "numeric" but not an integer) but not "1d1", so it is either too strict or not strict enough. Any thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-30 11:13:05] derick@php.net No, the error message is correct. We use a long, internal type is long, parse_parameters uses the "l" as type specifier... the docs needs fixing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-30 11:03:51] et@php.net Note that "int" in php is a "signed long int"(32 bit), so int and long are equivalent. But i think you shouldn't have to know C to read error messages, so IMO the error message should change. I'll send a patch for that to the list. Additionally, checkdate() doesn't convert to int like other php functions do, but since it's a validating function, that strictness is desirable behaviour imo, but should be documented. I'll add a note to the manual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-30 10:48:55] didou@php.net should the proto be number ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/27097 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27097&edit=1