ID:               29959
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      mccarthy36 at earthlink dot net
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Closed
 Bug Type:         Documentation problem
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      4.3.8
 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:
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[2004-09-03 19:33:53] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Let's make it a documentation problem then, because that's what this
is.

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[2004-09-03 17:11:58] mccarthy36 at earthlink dot net

Not to be combative, but it's not _expected_ based on what the manual
says.
* fopen() returns a resource
* get_resource_type() returns a string representing the type of the
resource
* Appendix K gives 'file' as the resource type name created by fopen()

Would you please say specifically which part of the manual I should
double-check to better understand the situation?

Thank you

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[2004-09-03 04:39:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This is expected. 

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[2004-09-03 00:03:46] mccarthy36 at earthlink dot net

Description:
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The resource returned by fopen() (when used to open a file) is reported
as type 'stream', not 'file'.

I'm not sure if this is a documentation problem or an fopen() problem. 
Appendix K doesn't list any functions as returning resources of type
'stream'.  But, as 'stream' seems more generic, from my perspective it
seems desirable to have the resource returned by fopen() identified as
'file' as described in the documentation.

Reproduce code:
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$file = fopen( 'file.txt', 'r' );

var_dump( get_resource_type( $file ) );

Expected result:
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Appendix K. List of Resource Types states that 'file' is the type of
resource returned by fopen().

Actual result:
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'stream' is reported as the type of the resourced returned by fopen().


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