diff --git a/reference/funchand/functions/register-shutdown-function.xml b/reference/funchand/functions/register-shutdown-function.xml
index cbcdf10fd8..2ba5a2a8c1 100644
--- a/reference/funchand/functions/register-shutdown-function.xml
+++ b/reference/funchand/functions/register-shutdown-function.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.register-shutdown-function" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>register_shutdown_function</refname>
@@ -84,6 +84,54 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>register_shutdown_function</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Find out whenever we're on PHP4 or not
+define('IS_PHP4', PHP_VERSION == 4);
+
+// Declare our class
+class Destructor
+{
+	// PHP4 style constructor, point it 
+	// to use the PHP5+ model
+	function Destructor()
+	{
+		$this->__construct();
+	}
+
+	// PHP5 style constructor, register 
+	// the shutdown handler
+	function __construct()
+	{
+		if(IS_PHP4)
+		{
+			register_shutdown_function(Array(&$this, '__destruct'));
+		}
+
+		echo 'Constructed', PHP_EOL;
+	}
+
+	// Destructor
+	function __destruct()
+	{
+		echo 'Destructed', PHP_EOL;
+	}
+}
+
+new Destructor;
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
   <note>
diff --git a/reference/info/functions/get-magic-quotes-runtime.xml b/reference/info/functions/get-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
index 5747ffa317..0ba37d0887 100644
--- a/reference/info/functions/get-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
+++ b/reference/info/functions/get-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.get-magic-quotes-runtime" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>get_magic_quotes_runtime</refname>
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>get_magic_quotes_runtime</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Check if magic_quotes_runtime is active
+if(get_magic_quotes_runtime())
+{
+	// Deactive
+	set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);
+}
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
diff --git a/reference/info/functions/set-magic-quotes-runtime.xml b/reference/info/functions/set-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
index cb220d5ad5..008f983c76 100644
--- a/reference/info/functions/set-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
+++ b/reference/info/functions/set-magic-quotes-runtime.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.set-magic-quotes-runtime" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>set_magic_quotes_runtime</refname>
@@ -41,6 +41,48 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>set_magic_quotes_runtime</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Create a temporary file pointer
+$fp = tmpfile();
+
+// Write some data to the pointer
+fwrite($fp, '\'PHP\' is a Recursive acronym');
+
+// Without magic_quotes_runtime
+rewind($fp);
+set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);
+
+echo 'Without magic_quotes_runtime: ' . fread($fp, 64), PHP_EOL;
+
+// With magic_quotes_runtime
+rewind($fp);
+set_magic_quotes_runtime(true);
+
+echo 'With magic_quotes_runtime: ' . fread($fp, 64), PHP_EOL;
+
+// Clean up
+fclose($fp);
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Without magic_quotes_runtime: 'PHP' is a Recursive acronym
+With magic_quotes_runtime: \'PHP\' is a Recursive acronym
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
diff --git a/reference/info/functions/zend-thread-id.xml b/reference/info/functions/zend-thread-id.xml
index d391037e5c..eff565e802 100644
--- a/reference/info/functions/zend-thread-id.xml
+++ b/reference/info/functions/zend-thread-id.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.zend-thread-id">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>zend_thread_id</refname>
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>zend_thread_id</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$thread_id = zend_thread_id();
+
+echo 'Current thread id is: ' . $thread_id;
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs.similar;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Current thread id is: 7864
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
   <note>
diff --git a/reference/math/functions/is-nan.xml b/reference/math/functions/is-nan.xml
index 2efbacf496..4f2a89ac67 100644
--- a/reference/math/functions/is-nan.xml
+++ b/reference/math/functions/is-nan.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id='function.is-nan' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>is_nan</refname>
   <refpurpose>Finds whether a value is not a number</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
+
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
-   <methodsynopsis>
-    <type>bool</type><methodname>is_nan</methodname>
-    <methodparam><type>float</type><parameter>val</parameter></methodparam>
-   </methodsynopsis>
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>bool</type><methodname>is_nan</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>float</type><parameter>val</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Checks whether <parameter>val</parameter> is 'not a number', 
    like the result of <literal>acos(1.01)</literal>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="parameters">
   &reftitle.parameters;
   <para>
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
    </variablelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
@@ -38,6 +41,34 @@
    else &false;.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>is_nan</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Invalid calculation, will return a 
+// NaN value
+$nan = acos(8);
+
+var_dump($nan, is_nan($nan));
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+float(NAN)
+bool(true)
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
@@ -47,6 +78,7 @@
    </simplelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
 </refentry>
 
 <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
diff --git a/reference/misc/functions/halt-compiler.xml b/reference/misc/functions/halt-compiler.xml
index c00aeadac4..da6be4b991 100755
--- a/reference/misc/functions/halt-compiler.xml
+++ b/reference/misc/functions/halt-compiler.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.halt-compiler" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>__halt_compiler</refname>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fseek($fp, __COMPILER_HALT_OFFSET__);
 var_dump(stream_get_contents($fp));
 
 // the end of the script execution
-__halt_compiler();the installation data (eg. tar, gz, PHP, etc.)
+__halt_compiler(); // the installation data (eg. tar, gz, PHP, etc.)
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
diff --git a/reference/misc/functions/ignore-user-abort.xml b/reference/misc/functions/ignore-user-abort.xml
index 5c4dbb5d27..8520b11e30 100644
--- a/reference/misc/functions/ignore-user-abort.xml
+++ b/reference/misc/functions/ignore-user-abort.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.ignore-user-abort" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>ignore_user_abort</refname>
@@ -39,6 +39,50 @@
    Returns the previous setting, as a boolean.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>ignore_user_abort</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Ignore user aborts and allow the script
+// to run forever
+ignore_user_abort();
+set_time_limit(0);
+
+echo 'Testing connection handling in PHP';
+
+// Run a pointless loop that sometime 
+// hopefully will make us click away from 
+// page or click the "Stop" button.
+while(1)
+{
+	// Did the connection fail?
+	if(connection_status() != CONNECTION_NORMAL)
+	{
+		break;
+	}
+
+	// Sleep for 10 seconds
+	sleep(10);
+}
+
+// If this is reached, then the 'break' 
+// was triggered from inside the while loop
+
+// So here we can log, or perform any other tasks
+// we need without actually being dependent on the 
+// browser.
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
   <para>
@@ -48,6 +92,7 @@
    <function>flush</function>. 
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
diff --git a/reference/network/functions/define-syslog-variables.xml b/reference/network/functions/define-syslog-variables.xml
index cdc23cb18d..df84a6cf64 100644
--- a/reference/network/functions/define-syslog-variables.xml
+++ b/reference/network/functions/define-syslog-variables.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.define-syslog-variables" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>define_syslog_variables</refname>
@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>define_syslog_variables</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Check if syslog variables already is defined
+if(!get_cfg_var('define_syslog_variables'))
+{
+	define_syslog_variables();
+}
+
+// Open the log
+openlog('', $LOG_ODELAY, $LOG_MAIL | $LOG_USER);
+
+// Continue script ...
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
diff --git a/reference/network/functions/syslog.xml b/reference/network/functions/syslog.xml
index 77d3afee17..b5441181f6 100644
--- a/reference/network/functions/syslog.xml
+++ b/reference/network/functions/syslog.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.syslog" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>syslog</refname>
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-define_syslog_variables();
 // open syslog, include the process ID and also send
 // the log to standard error, and use a user defined
 // logging mechanism