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Doc Bug #74828 count() return values: incorrect "not ... or not"
Submitted: 2017-06-29 09:34 UTC Modified: 2017-07-18 13:32 UTC
From: info at marcvangend dot nl Assigned: peehaa (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2017-06-29 09:34 UTC] info at marcvangend dot nl 
Description:
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The documentation for count(), under Return Values, says: "If the parameter is not an array or not an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned." The "not ... or not" is logically incorrect; it it were correct, count() would always return 1 because an array is not an object with implemented Countable interface and vice versa.

I believe logically correct wordings would be (disclaimer, I'm not a native English speaker):
- If the parameter is not an array or an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned.
- If the parameter is not an array and not an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned.
- If the parameter is not an array nor an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned.

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 [2017-06-30 11:03 UTC] cmb@php.net 
I'm not a native speaker either, but I think it should be

  If the parameter is neither an array nor an object …
 [2017-07-01 13:00 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
Works for me.

Might as well change if to when now we are nitpicking anyway :-)

When the parameter is neither an array nor an object …
 [2017-07-18 13:32 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of peehaa
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=342677
Log: Fixed wording of return value. Fixes #74828
 [2017-07-18 13:32 UTC] peehaa@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: peehaa
 [2017-07-18 13:32 UTC] peehaa@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.
 
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