And then, we have functions that are alias but we
still want to document, e.g. is_real() and is_float()
are aliases of is_double(), fputs() alias of fwrite(),
gzputs() alias of gzwrite(), etc.
These we want to keep, I agree that the ones that have
been renamed for consitency should not be kept.
--- Daniel Beckham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I think it might be better to completely
> remove all references to
> aliases. People don't need to use them and they are
> only there to keep old
> code from breaking. The less people know about
> them, the better really.
>
> If we still need some sort of compatibility list, we
> could always create an
> alias/compatibility appendix and list all alias
> functions there. That way,
> they would at least be accessible to people who are
> reading or converting
> very old code.
>
> Daniel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Damien Seguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 2:39 AM
> Subject: [PHP-DOC] missing aliases functions
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This might a question for those of you who are on
> this list
> > since a year or so...
> >
> > According to Zend's site
> (http://www.zend.com/phpfunc/nodoku_alias.php),
> > there is a bunch of undocumented functions which
> are only aliases.
> >
> > Docs says that, for instance, mysql() is still
> available for downward
> > compatibility, but there is no entry for mysql()
> function.
> >
> > Is this done on any purpose?
> > I suggest adding those functions, in order to give
> entry on the manual,
> and
> > explicitely write those functions are obsolets.
> >
> > If this sounds fine to you, I'll do it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Damien Seguy.
> >
> > Here is a list of function I'm talking about.
> >
> > mysql -> mysql_db_query
> > mysql_createdb -> mysql_create_db
> > mysql_dbname -> mysql_result
> > mysql_dropdb -> mysql_drop_db
> > mysql_fieldflags -> mysql_field_flags
> > mysql_fieldlen -> mysql_field_len
> > mysql_fieldname -> mysql_field_name
> > mysql_fieldtable -> mysql_field_table
> > mysql_fieldtype -> mysql_field_type
> > mysql_freeresult -> mysql_free_result
> > mysql_listdbs -> mysql_list_dbs
> > mysql_listfields -> mysql_list_fields
> > mysql_listtables -> mysql_list_tables
> > mysql_numfields -> mysql_num_fields
> > mysql_numrows -> mysql_num_rows
> > mysql_selectdb -> mysql_select_db
> > pg_clientencoding -> pg_client_encoding
> > pg_setclientencoding ->
> pg_set_client_encoding
> > magic_quotes_runtime ->
> set_magic_quotes_runtime
> >
> >
> >
>
=====
--- Jesus M. Castagnetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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