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Doc Bug #44765 Wrong return type
Submitted: 2008-04-17 18:51 UTC Modified: 2008-04-17 19:34 UTC
From: php at htmlland dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-04-17 18:51 UTC] php at htmlland dot net 
Description:
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The return value found in the description section on the documentation pages for preg_match and preg_match_all say int but then the "Return Values" box sates on-error FALSE will be returned.

The type needs to be changed to mixed and a warning box shown describing the diffrence between == and ===. See the documentation for array_search (the return values section).

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 [2008-04-17 19:12 UTC] colder@php.net 
We don't document types returned in case of errors or function misuses, so "int" is fine here.

As for the == vs. === distinction, it doesn't make much sense here as 0 and false don't have radically different meanings nor would lead to false negatives.

In case of error, a warning is issued anyway.
 [2008-04-17 19:34 UTC] php at htmlland dot net 
My bad :P thanks, Michael
 
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