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Doc Bug #24036 print returns bool, not void, or?
Submitted: 2003-06-05 08:14 UTC Modified: 2003-06-05 16:10 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: geert at kemuri dot org Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-06-05 08:14 UTC] geert at kemuri dot org 
After a nice debate of what ownz echo or print on channel #php/IRCNet, I found out a fishy thing in the docs:

void print ( string arg)
Outputs arg. Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. 

TRUE/FALSE ain't void imho :)

Regards!

Geert

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 [2003-06-05 08:21 UTC] alindeman@php.net 
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 [2003-06-05 16:10 UTC] torben@php.net 
Actually, it returns integer 1, always. Updated in the docs.

Torben
 [2020-02-07 06:12 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of alindeman
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=16dc80031f67dac53c706fdec17c996480f3ea78
Log: fix #24036
 
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