ID: 34764 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: avarab at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: GNU/Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment:
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. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-06 18:34:09] avarab at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The prototype given for exif_read_data() at http://www.php.net/exif_read_data is: array exif_read_data ( string filename [, string sections [, bool arrays [, bool thumbnail]]] ) According to this prototype the function should always return an array, yet it returns false when fed with invalid input: Reproduce code: --------------- $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=foo count=1024 $ php -r "var_dump( exif_read_data( 'foo' ) );" Warning: exif_read_data(foo): file not supported in Command line code on line 1 bool(false) Expected result: ---------------- The documentation should be updated to report that exif_read_data() returns mixed (not array), array upon success, false upon failure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34764&edit=1
