#34764 [NEW]: Acc. to the manual exif_read_data() should always return an array, it doesn't

From: avarab at gmail dot com Operating system: GNU/Linux PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Acc. to the manual exif_read_data() should always return an array, it doesn't Description: ------------ The prototype given for exif_read_data() at http://www.php.net/exif_read_data is: array exif_read_data ( string filename [, string sections [, bool arrays [, bool thumbnail]]] ) According to this prototype the function should always return an array, yet it returns false when fed with invalid input: Reproduce code: --------------- $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=foo count=1024 $ php -r "var_dump( exif_read_data( 'foo' ) );" Warning: exif_read_data(foo): file not supported in Command line code on line 1 bool(false) Expected result: ---------------- The documentation should be updated to report that exif_read_data() returns mixed (not array), array upon success, false upon failure. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34764&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34764&r=mysqlcfg