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Doc Bug #37249 Documentation on DOMDocument::load() incorrect
Submitted: 2006-04-30 08:26 UTC Modified: 2006-05-16 03:11 UTC
From: michiel at leegwtr dot demon dot nl Assigned: ramsey (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-04-30 08:26 UTC] michiel at leegwtr dot demon dot nl 
Description:
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The code listing in the webpage of php.net in the section DOMDocument::load() shows

$doc=DOMDocument::load('blabla');
.....

which is inconsistent with the method description which states that a bool is returned, not an Object. It should state:

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->load('blabla');

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 [2006-04-30 10:38 UTC] bjori@php.net 
"This method may also be called statically to load and create a DOMDocument object. The static invocation may be used when no DOMDocument properties need to be set prior to loading."
 [2006-05-01 07:28 UTC] michiel at leegwtr dot demon dot nl 
Still the documentation should also list that static usage. The current display of return type bool is inconsistent.
 [2006-05-16 03:11 UTC] ramsey@php.net 
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.

Changed return type to "mixed" and added examples for calling load() and loadXML() statically.
 
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