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Doc Bug #51738 problem with documentation
Submitted: 2010-05-04 14:52 UTC Modified: 2010-05-09 22:09 UTC
From: ignazio dot mostallino at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2010-05-04 14:52 UTC] ignazio dot mostallino at gmail dot com
Description:
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This phrase in the documentation is a bit contradictory:
"preg_match() returns the number of times pattern matches. That will be either 0 
times (no match) or 1 time because preg_match() will stop searching after the 
first match."

The first part says that preg_match returns the number of times a patterne 
matches, but the second part says that it only returns 0 or 1... I suggest to 
change it with something like:

preg_match() returns either 0 (no match) or 1(at least one match is found), 
because it will stop searching after the first match.


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 [2010-05-09 22:05 UTC] markskilbeck at gmail dot com
That is not a contradiction. The function will match either 0 times, or 1 time. 
However, the grammar needs to be corrected.
 [2010-05-09 22:07 UTC] markskilbeck@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-05-09 22:07 UTC] markskilbeck@php.net
That is not a contradiction. The function will match either 0 times, or 1 time. 
However, the grammar needs to be corrected.
 
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