Re: [PHP-DOC] Function aliases in the manual From: Jon Parise (jon <email protected>)
Date: 07/30/01

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:29:50AM +0200, Damien Seguy wrote:

> > Would is possible to allow function aliases to be added to the
> > PHP manual?
> >
> > This would allow us to maintain backwards compatibility in the
> > manual for functions that have been renamed. Ideally, this would
> > work for searching, too.
>
> That seemed a good idea to me too, but we have to keep in mind that
> showing old syntax will make users use it, and that's not what we
> want too.

I didn't really plan on showing the old syntax. I meant we
should have a little "Formerly know as:" line, perhaps under the
PHP version information.
 
> May be, we could set up an appendix for this? Or, set up a special
> paragraph at beginning of chapters (such as mysql) that holds old
> syntax.

That sounds like a good solution.
  

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