From 20ee32ff9fdf393638ec659db8221c55661cf358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Magnusson <bjori@php.net>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 18:46:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed bug#41494 (binary typecasting)

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@236255 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/types.xml | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/language/types.xml b/language/types.xml
index 1a6b15f6b8..b3725222bf 100644
--- a/language/types.xml
+++ b/language/types.xml
@@ -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>
 
@@ -2561,6 +2561,9 @@ $bar = (boolean) $foo;   // $bar is a boolean
       <listitem>
        <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>
@@ -2569,6 +2572,9 @@ $bar = (boolean) $foo;   // $bar is a boolean
       </listitem>
      </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:
@@ -2579,6 +2585,17 @@ $bar = (boolean) $foo;   // $bar is a boolean
 $foo = (int) $bar;
 $foo = ( int ) $bar;
 ?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+      <para>
+       Casting a literal strings and variables to binary strings:
+      </para>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$binary = (binary)$string;
+$binary = b"binary string";
+?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>