[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/classobj/functions class-exists.xml

[Gwynne Amaya Raskind]

gwynne          Sat Sep  1 10:15:38 2007 UTC

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions     class-exists.xml 
  Log:
  Fixed a few grammatical oversights, added info on autoload parameter and 
functionality changes.
  
  
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11&diff_format=u
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml:1.10 
phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml:1.11
--- phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml:1.10        Wed Jun 
20 22:24:16 2007
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/classobj/functions/class-exists.xml     Sat Sep  1 
10:15:37 2007
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.class-exists" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook";>
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>class_exists</refname>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <methodparam 
choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>autoload</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   This function checks if the given class have been defined.
+   This function checks whether or not the given class has been defined.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1 role="parameters">
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
      <term><parameter>class_name</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The class name
+       The class name. The name is matched in a case-insensitive manner.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
      <term><parameter>autoload</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Whether to call &link.autoload; or not by default
+       Whether or not to call &link.autoload; by default. Defaults to &true;.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -59,9 +59,16 @@
      </thead>
      <tbody>
       <row>
+       <entry>5.0.2</entry>
+       <entry>
+        No longer returns &true; for defined interfaces. Use
+        <function>interface_exists</function>.
+       </entry>
+      </row>
+      <row>
        <entry>5.0.0</entry>
        <entry>
-        The <parameter>autoload</parameter> was added.
+        The <parameter>autoload</parameter> parameter was added.
        </entry>
       </row>
      </tbody>
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-// Check the class exists before trying to use it
+// Check that the class exists before trying to use it
 if (class_exists('MyClass')) {
     $myclass = new MyClass();
 }
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@
 {
     include($class . '.php');
 
-    // Check to see if the include declared the class
+    // Check to see whether the include declared the class
     if (!class_exists($class, false)) {
         trigger_error("Unable to load class: $class", E_USER_WARNING);
     }
@@ -115,6 +122,7 @@
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
    <simplelist>
+    <member><function>function_exists</function></member>
     <member><function>interface_exists</function></member>
     <member><function>get_declared_classes</function></member>
    </simplelist>