[PHP-DOC] #20047 [Opn]: add: file() returns false on failure From: hholzgra <email protected>
Date: 10/23/02

 ID: 20047
 Updated by: hholzgra <email protected>
 Reported By: info <email protected>
 Status: Open
 Bug Type: Documentation problem
 Operating System: all
 PHP Version: all
 Assigned To: philip
 New Comment:

if boolean false is only returned on failure
then we do not change return type to "mixed"

the type in the proto is always the success-type

Previous Comments:
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[2002-10-23 12:31:10] philip <email protected>

The documentation should state it returns false, that will be added.
Regarding mixed, if that were the case then all functions would be
documented as mixed, not very useful. Let's leave that part alone.

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[2002-10-23 12:15:42] info <email protected>

The documentation for the file() function does not state explicitly
that file will return false if the file does not exist. This is rather
confirmed and can be cross-checked by looking at the readfile page, but
it might be worth adding it though.

Then, shouldn´t the result data type be "mixed" instead of "array"?

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