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Doc Bug #70596 No description of warning for min(array())
Submitted: 2015-09-28 08:56 UTC Modified: 2015-12-18 20:39 UTC
From: lennaertvanderlinden at gmail dot com Assigned: tpunt (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.6.13 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-09-28 08:56 UTC] lennaertvanderlinden at gmail dot com 
Description:
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I am using PHP 5.6.4-4ubuntu6.2

The documentation does not describe the behaviour when an empty array is passed in or no arguments at all.

I get a warning in PHP 5.6, but this may be version specific. I would like to see the behaviour described for the min and max functions:
- warnings emitted
- return value

Test script:
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<?php

print min(array()); // returns false, emits a warning in PHP 5.6
print min(); // returns NULL, emits a warning in PHP 5.6

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 [2015-12-18 20:36 UTC] tpunt@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of tpunt
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=338308
Log: Resolve doc bug #70596
 [2015-12-18 20:37 UTC] tpunt@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: tpunt
 [2015-12-18 20:39 UTC] tpunt@php.net 
All PHP functions will emit an E_WARNING and return false when a function's required arguments have not been passed in.

As for passing in empty arrays, I've made the following commit to mention this in both the min() and max() functions: https://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=338308
 [2015-12-18 20:39 UTC] tpunt@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 
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