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Doc Bug #69360 Return type error in function.getenv
Submitted: 2015-04-02 20:54 UTC Modified: 2015-04-02 21:32 UTC
From: dereckson at espace-win dot org Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2015-04-02 20:54 UTC] dereckson at espace-win dot org 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/getenv

 string getenv ( string $varname )

should be:

 mixed getenv ( string $varname )

It could return a false boolean value too.

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getenv-returntype (last revision 2015-04-02 20:54 UTC by dereckson at espace-win dot org)

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 [2015-04-02 21:31 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Many PHP functions return FALSE in case of *failure*; that is,
however, never denoted as return type "mixed". Changing only the
documentation of this particular function would be rather
inconsistent. If you deem that should be changed *generally*,
please file a respective feature request.

Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to file a bug report and for
also providing a patch. If you like, you could use the online
documentation editor available at <https://edit.php.net/> next
time.
 [2015-04-02 21:32 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 
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