bjori Thu May 24 18:46:00 2007 UTC
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/language types.xml
Log:
Fixed bug#41494 (binary typecasting)
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/phpdoc/en/language/types.xml?r1=1.178&r2=1.179&diff_format=u
Index: phpdoc/en/language/types.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.178 phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.179
--- phpdoc/en/language/types.xml:1.178 Wed Mar 28 10:40:02 2007
+++ phpdoc/en/language/types.xml Thu May 24 18:46:00 2007
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.178 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.179 $ -->
<chapter id="language.types">
<title>Types</title>
@@ -2562,6 +2562,9 @@
<simpara>(string) - cast to string</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <simpara>(binary) - cast to binary string (PHP 6)</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<simpara>(array) - cast to array</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -2570,6 +2573,9 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
+ (binary) casting and b prefix forward support was added in PHP 5.2.1
+ </para>
+ <para>
Note that tabs and spaces are allowed inside the parentheses, so
the following are functionally equivalent:
<informalexample>
@@ -2581,6 +2587,17 @@
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ Casting a literal strings and variables to binary strings:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$binary = (binary)$string;
+$binary = b"binary string";
+?>
+]]>
+ </programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<note>
