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Doc Bug #65355 Documented return values for DOMNode::hasChildNodes are incorrect
Submitted: 2013-07-29 18:28 UTC Modified: 2013-10-03 06:45 UTC
From: kyle at klowell dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2013-07-29 18:28 UTC] kyle at klowell dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/domnode.haschildnodes#refsect1-
domnode.haschildnodes-returnvalues
---

Currently the page lists the following:

```
Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
```

This is incorrect, since the method returns TRUE when the node has child 
elements, and FALSE when it does not. FALSE may or may not be returned by an 
error state, but the developer is most likely looking for the empty state.

This should probably be changed to:

```
Return Values

Returns TRUE if the node has children or FALSE if not.
```

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 [2013-10-03 06:45 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-10-03 06:45 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
hasChildNodes poses a question, just like hasNoChildNodes does.

The return values description is perfectly sufficient.
 
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