#35306 [NEW]: file_get_contents does not take 5 parameters as specified in PHP Manual

From: kpeters at monolithss dot com Operating system: SuSE Linux 9.3 PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: file_get_contents does not take 5 parameters as specified in PHP Manual Description: ------------ On both PHP 4.3.10 and PHP 5.0.3, when attempting to call file_get_contents with five parameters as specified in the manual (http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php) I get the following errors: PHP 4.3.10: "Warning: file_get_contents() expects at most 2 parameters, 5 given" PHP 5.0.3: "PHP Warning: file_get_contents() expects at most 3 parameters, 5 given" Reproduce code: --------------- $file = file_get_contents($filename, null, null, $offset, $maxlength); Expected result: ---------------- I should get up to $maxlength bytes starting from $offset in $filename. Actual result: -------------- warning message as described above. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35306&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35306&r=mysqlcfg