#28283 [NEW]: path separator should be directory separator

From: todd at magnifisites dot com Operating system: All PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: path separator should be directory separator Description: ------------ On the dirname function page of the documentation, there is a sentence referring to the path separator character. Actually, this should refer to the directory separator character to more closely match the PHP constant definitions of PATH_SEPARATOR and DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR. Reproduce code: --------------- The current documentation: On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as path separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/). Expected result: ---------------- On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as directory separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/). -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28283&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28283&r=float