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Doc Bug #860 dirname() is incorrectly described
Submitted: 1998-10-20 09:43 UTC Modified: 1998-11-13 06:54 UTC
From: and at itaca dot it Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 3.0.5 OS: Digital Unix 3.2D
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1998-10-20 09:43 UTC] and at itaca dot it 
The manual says:

dirname -- return file name part of path

It returns instead the directory name part of the path (as stated in the function description section)

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 [1998-11-13 06:54 UTC] rasmus 
Fixed a while ago and will be part of next doc update
 
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