Error in PHP documentation

php.internals

Alain Williams

7 years ago
I have noticed an error, please can someone with update rights fix it. https://www.php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.character-classes.php 7th paragraph contains: However, if the "]" is escaped with a backslash it is interpreted as the end of range, so [W-\]46] is interpreted as a single class containing a range followed by two separate characters. The word NOT is missing, it should read: However, if the "]" is escaped with a backslash it is NOT interpreted as the end of range, so [W-\]46] is interpreted as a single class containing a range followed by two separate characters. Regards
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Andrey Andreev

7 years ago
Hi, On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:11 PM Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have noticed an error, please can someone with update rights fix it. > > https://www.php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.character-classes.php > > 7th paragraph contains: > > However, if the "]" is escaped with a backslash it is interpreted as the end of > range, so [W-\]46] is interpreted as a single class containing a range followed > by two separate characters. > > The word NOT is missing, it should read: > > However, if the "]" is escaped with a backslash it is NOT interpreted as the end of > range, so [W-\]46] is interpreted as a single class containing a range followed > by two separate characters. >
No, there's no error and nothing missing. You're misinterpreting what it says. "Range" means the "W-\]" part. As in a range of characters between W and ]. Cheers, Andrey.

Girgias

7 years ago
Moreover please use the bug tracker to raise such errors instead of mailing the internal list. Best regards George P. Banyard