From 1234fe480b6895cade047bea2b5b25bd7e1620b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Parise <jon@php.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 05:24:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a simple usage example and a pointer to the
 method_exists() function.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@36580 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/funchand.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions/funchand.xml b/functions/funchand.xml
index 15410c21c6..f630082152 100755
--- a/functions/funchand.xml
+++ b/functions/funchand.xml
@@ -373,11 +373,23 @@ foo (1, 2, 3);    // Prints 'Number of arguments: 3'
       <paramdef>string <parameter>function_name</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
-    <simpara>
+    <para>
      Checks the list of defined functions for
      <parameter>function_name</parameter>.    Returns true if the given
      function name was found, false otherwise.
-    </simpara>
+     <informalexample>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+if (function_exists('imap_open')) {
+    echo "IMAP functions are available.&lt;br&gt;\n";
+} else {
+    echo "IMAP functions are not available.&lt;br&gt;\n";
+}
+      </programlisting>
+     </informalexample>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>method_exists</function>.
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>