#30646 [Asn->Csd]: rtrim/ltrim summary only says strips whitespace

ID: 30646 Updated by: mez@php.net Reported By: phpbugs at localpin dot com -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: 4.3.9 Assigned To: mez New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-11-01 10:56:55] phpbugs at localpin dot com Description: ------------ The summary for rtrim only says "Strip whitespace from the end of a string" whereas in fact the function can be used to strip any character. I suggest "Strip characters from the end of a string". The detailed description can make it clear that the default character is whitespace. The docs are particularly misleading on the summary page, where a user looking for a function to strip a non-whitespace char would have to guess that the documentation was not correct! This is exactly what I did. http://be2.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php Doc error occurs here also: http://be2.php.net/manual/en/function.rtrim.php Same case for ltrim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30646&edit=1