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Doc Bug #66897 stream_set_read_buffer / stream_set_write_buffer return EOF
Submitted: 2014-03-13 10:02 UTC Modified: 2015-07-23 11:40 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: php-bugs at allenjb dot me dot uk Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Streams related
PHP Version: n/a OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-03-13 10:02 UTC] php-bugs at allenjb dot me dot uk 
Description:
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The stream_set_read_buffer and stream_set_write_buffer functions are documented to return EOF on failure, but there is no EOF constant and there is no example of how to correctly check for this.

Expected result:
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There should be a documented example of how to correctly check the return value of these functions.

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 [2015-07-22 21:24 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Analyzed -Package: Documentation problem +Package: Streams related -Operating System: +Operating System: * -PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: n/a -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2015-07-22 21:24 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Well, looking at the code shows that the functions return either
zero or the value of the C constant EOF[1][2], which is AFAIK not
clearly defined by the C standards. glibc defines it as -1, but
other libraries may use some other value. So it seems best to
check for `=== 0` (success) resp. `!== 0` (failure).

Anyhow, it seems that it would have been more PHPish to return
TRUE on success, FALSE on failure, and NULL for argument
mismatches.

[1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.6.11/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c#L1426>
[2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.6.11/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c#L1489>
 [2015-07-23 11:40 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=337225
Log: corrected return value documentation (fixes #66897)
 [2015-07-23 11:40 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Analyzed +Status: Closed
 [2015-07-23 11:40 UTC] cmb@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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