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Doc Bug #55263 array-key-exists description uses "$key, $search" not "$needle, $haystack"
Submitted: 2011-07-21 19:37 UTC Modified: 2011-08-17 13:34 UTC
From: jambroo at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-07-21 19:37 UTC] jambroo at gmail dot com 
Description:
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It would be greate for the method description to read:
"bool array_key_exists ( mixed $needle , array $haystack )"
instead of
"bool array_key_exists ( mixed $key , array $search )"

Similar to:
"string strstr ( string $haystack , mixed $needle [, bool $before_needle = false 
] )"
"mixed array_search ( mixed $needle , array $haystack [, bool $strict = false ] 
)"
"string strrchr ( string $haystack , mixed $needle )"

Thanks!

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 [2011-08-17 13:34 UTC] bjori@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2011-08-17 13:34 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Its quite intentionally not $needle $haystack, as that implies searching in its 
values. The function checks if a key exists - the whole name, not a subset of it 
the string or anything along those lines.
 
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