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Doc Bug #55304 Unable to locate manual for older version on php.net
Submitted: 2011-07-27 20:45 UTC Modified: 2011-07-27 20:51 UTC
From: blowe at emergeknowledge dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-07-27 20:45 UTC] blowe at emergeknowledge dot com 
Description:
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I came to php.net looking for a manual and language reference for version 5.2 (specifically 5.2.10) and found nothing.

The documentation section of the website has documentation only for the latest version of PHP. I see nothing on that page that lets me view docs for older versions.

The documentation downloads page lists manuals only the latest version of PHP. I see nothing on that page that lets me get manuals for older versions.

The manual does not appear to be distributed with the source code (which is available for downloading): I see no manual or docs subdirectories in the tar, nor do I see HTML, SGML, or info-style markup.

Upgrading to the latest version of PHP is not an option.

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 [2011-07-27 20:51 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-07-27 20:51 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
The PHP manual is continuously updated and not written for a particular version: 
to get information for older versions of PHP, simply look at the version a given 
function was added in (which is under the function name, right at the top of the 
page) and the function change log, if it has one.

For the record, the manual source is in Subversion at 
http://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/, although as it's written in Docbook, it's 
probably not exactly what you want.
 
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