diff --git a/functions/filesystem.xml b/functions/filesystem.xml
index 7b43e6f85e..d5bcdf13a9 100644
--- a/functions/filesystem.xml
+++ b/functions/filesystem.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>basename</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Return filename component of path
+     Returns filename component of path
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <title><function>basename</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 $path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php3";
-$file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
+$file = basename ($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
       </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
   <refentry id="function.chgrp">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>chgrp</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Change file group</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Changes file group</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ $file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
      Attempts to change the group of the file
-     <parameter>filename</parameter> to <parameter>group</parameter>. Only the
-     superuser may change the group of a file arbitrarily; other users may change
-     the group of a file to any group of which that user is a member.
+     <parameter>filename</parameter> to
+     <parameter>group</parameter>. Only the superuser may change the
+     group of a file arbitrarily; other users may change the group of
+     a file to any group of which that user is a member.
     </para>
     <para>
      Returns true on success; otherwise returns false.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ $file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-     This function does not work on Windows systems
+      This function does not work on Windows systems
      </simpara>
     </note>
    </refsect1>
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ $file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
   <refentry id="function.chmod">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>chmod</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Change file mode</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Changes file mode</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ $file = basename($path); // $file is set to "index.php3"
      you need to prefix <parameter>mode</parameter> with a zero (0):
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
-chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 755 );   // decimal; probably incorrect       
-chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
+chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 755);   // decimal; probably incorrect       
+chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 0755);  // octal; correct value of mode
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-     This function does not work on Windows systems
+      This function does not work on Windows systems
      </simpara>
     </note>
    </refsect1>
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
   <refentry id="function.chown">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>chown</refname>
-    <refpurpose>change file owner</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Changes file owner</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
   <refentry id="function.clearstatcache">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>clearstatcache</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Clear file stat cache</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Clears file stat cache</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
   <refentry id="function.copy">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>copy</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Copy file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Copies file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -223,10 +224,10 @@ chmod( "/somedir/somefile", 0755 );  // octal; correct value of mode
      Makes a copy of a file.  Returns true if the copy succeeded,
      false otherwise.
      <example>
-      <title><function>copy</function> example</title>
+      <title><function>Copy</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
-if ( !copy($file, $file.'.bak') ) {
-    print("failed to copy $file...&lt;br>\n");
+if (!copy($file, $file.'.bak')) {
+    print ("failed to copy $file...&lt;br>\n");
 }
       </programlisting>
      </example>
@@ -250,13 +251,14 @@ if ( !copy($file, $file.'.bak') ) {
       <paramdef>string <parameter>file</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
-     <para>
-      This is a dummy manual entry to satisfy those people who are
-      looking for <function>unlink</function> or
-      <function>unset</function> in the wrong place.</para>
-     <para>
-      See also: <function>unlink</function> to delete files,
-      <function>unset</function> to delete variables.
+    <para>
+     This is a dummy manual entry to satisfy those people who are
+     looking for <function>unlink</function> or
+     <function>unset</function> in the wrong place.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also: <function>unlink</function> to delete files,
+     <function>unset</function> to delete variables.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ if ( !copy($file, $file.'.bak') ) {
   <refentry id="function.dirname">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>dirname</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Return directory name component of path</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Returns directory name component of path</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -284,10 +286,10 @@ if ( !copy($file, $file.'.bak') ) {
      (<literal>/</literal>).</para>
     <para>
      <example>
-      <title><function>dirname</function> example</title>
+      <title><function>Dirname</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 $path = "/etc/passwd";
-$file = dirname($path); // $file is set to "/etc"
+$file = dirname ($path); // $file is set to "/etc"
       </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ $file = dirname($path); // $file is set to "/etc"
   <refentry id="function.diskfreespace">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>diskfreespace</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Return available space in directory</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Returns available space in directory</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ $df = diskfreespace("/"); // $df contains the number of bytes
   <refentry id="function.fclose">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fclose</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Close an open file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Closes an open file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ $df = diskfreespace("/"); // $df contains the number of bytes
   <refentry id="function.feof">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>feof</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Test for end-of-file on a file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Tests for end-of-file on a file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@ $df = diskfreespace("/"); // $df contains the number of bytes
   <refentry id="function.fgetc">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fgetc</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get character from file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets character from file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ $df = diskfreespace("/"); // $df contains the number of bytes
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fgetcsv</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Get line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields
+     Gets line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -431,22 +433,24 @@ $df = diskfreespace("/"); // $df contains the number of bytes
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <simpara>
-     Similar to fgets() except that fgetcsv() parses the line it reads
-     for fields in CSV format and returns an array containing the
-     fields read.  The field delimiter is a comma, unless you specifiy
-     another delimiter with the optional third parameter.
+     Similar to <function>fgets</function> except that
+     <function>fgetcsv</function> parses the line it reads for fields
+     in <acronym>CSV</acronym> format and returns an array containing
+     the fields read.  The field delimiter is a comma, unless you
+     specifiy another delimiter with the optional third parameter.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     fp must be a valid file pointer to a file successfully opened by
-     <function>fopen</function>, <function>popen</function>, or
-     <function>fsockopen</function>
+     <parameter>Fp</parameter> must be a valid file pointer to a file
+     successfully opened by <function>fopen</function>,
+     <function>popen</function>, or <function>fsockopen</function>
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     length must be greater than the longest line to be found in the
+     Length must be greater than the longest line to be found in the
      CSV file (allowing for trailing line-end characters).
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     fgetcsv() returns false on error, including end of file.
+     <function>Fgetcsv</function> returns false on error, including
+     end of file.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      NB A blank line in a CSV file will be returned as an array
@@ -478,7 +482,7 @@ fclose ($fp);
   <refentry id="function.fgets">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fgets</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get line from file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets line from file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ fclose ($fp);
       <title>Reading a file line by line</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 $fd = fopen ("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r");
-while (!feof($fd)) {
+while (!feof ($fd)) {
     $buffer = fgets($fd, 4096);
     echo $buffer;
 }
@@ -537,7 +541,7 @@ fclose ($fd);
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fgetss</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Get line from file pointer and strip HTML tags
+     Gets line from file pointer and strip HTML tags
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -577,11 +581,10 @@ fclose ($fd);
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
-
   <refentry id="function.file">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>file</refname> 
-    <refpurpose>read entire file into an array</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Reads entire file into an array</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -594,37 +597,33 @@ fclose ($fd);
       </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
-
     <para> 
      Identical to <function>readfile</function>, except that
      <function>file</function> returns the file in an array. Each
      element of the array corresponds to a line in the file, with the
      newline still attached.
     </para>
-
     <para>
      You can use the optional second parameter and set it to "1", if
      you want to search for the file in the <link
      linkend="ini.include-path">include_path</link>, too.
     </para>
-
     <para>
      <informalexample>
-      <programlisting>
+      <programlisting role="php">
 &lt;?php
 // get a web page into an array and print it out
-$fcontents = file( 'http://www.php.net' );
-while ( list( $line_num, $line ) = each( $fcontents ) ) {
-   echo "&lt;b&gt;Line $line_num:&lt;/b&gt; " . htmlspecialchars( $line ) . "&lt;br&gt;\n";
+$fcontents = file ('http://www.php.net');
+while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) {
+    echo "&lt;b&gt;Line $line_num:&lt;/b&gt; " . htmlspecialchars ($line) . "&lt;br&gt;\n";
 }
 
 // get a web page into a string
-$fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
+$fcontents = join ('', file ('http://www.php.net'));
 ?&gt;
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
-
     <para> 
      See also <function>readfile</function>,
      <function>fopen</function>, and <function>popen</function>.
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.file-exists">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>file_exists</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Check whether a file exists</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Checks whether a file exists</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -646,23 +645,19 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
       <paramdef>string <parameter>filename</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
-
     <simpara>
      Returns true if the file specified by
      <parameter>filename</parameter> exists; false otherwise.
     </simpara>
-
     <simpara>
      <function>file_exists</function> will not work on remote files;
      the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's
      filesystem.
     </simpara>
-
     <simpara>
      The results of this function are cached. See
      <function>clearstatcache</function> for more details.
     </simpara>
-
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -670,7 +665,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.fileatime">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fileatime</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get last access time of file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets last access time of file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -680,17 +675,14 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
       <paramdef>string <parameter>filename</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
-
     <simpara> 
      Returns the time the file was last accessed, or false in case of
      an error. The time is returned as a Unix timestamp.
     </simpara>
-
     <simpara>
      The results of this function are cached. See
      <function>clearstatcache</function> for more details.
     </simpara>
-    
     <simpara>
      Note: The atime of a file is supposed to change whenever
      the data blocks of a file are being read. This can be
@@ -701,15 +693,13 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
      news spools are a common example. On such filesystems
      this function will be useless.
     </simpara>
-
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
-
   <refentry id="function.filectime">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>filectime</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get inode change time of file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets inode change time of file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -731,9 +721,9 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
      changed, when it's Inode data is changed, that is, when
      the permissions, the owner, the group or other metadata
      from the Inode is written to. See also 
-     <function>filemtime()</function> (this is what you want to use
+     <function>filemtime</function> (this is what you want to use
      when you want to create "Last Modified" footers on web pages) and 
-     <function>fileatime()</function>.
+     <function>fileatime</function>.
     </para>
     <para>Note: In some Unix texts the ctime of a file is being
      referred to as the creation time of the file. This is wrong.
@@ -746,7 +736,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.filegroup">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>filegroup</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file group</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file group</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -776,7 +766,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.fileinode">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fileinode</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file inode</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file inode</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -804,7 +794,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.filemtime">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>filemtime</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file modification time</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file modification time</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -825,7 +815,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
     <para>Note: This function returns the time when the data
      blocks of a file were being written to, that is, the time
      when the content of the file was changed. Use
-     <function>date()</function> on the result of this function
+     <function>date</function> on the result of this function
      to get a printable modification date for use in page footers.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
@@ -834,7 +824,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.fileowner">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fileowner</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file owner</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file owner</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -864,7 +854,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.fileperms">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fileperms</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file permissions</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file permissions</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -887,7 +877,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.filesize">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>filesize</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file size</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file size</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -910,7 +900,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.filetype">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>filetype</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get file type</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets file type</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -967,37 +957,42 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
 	To acquire a shared lock (reader), set
-	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_SH (set to 1 prior to PHP 4.0.1).
+	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_SH (set to 1 prior to
+	PHP 4.0.1).
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
 	To acquire an exclusive lock (writer), set
-	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_EX (set to 2 prior to PHP 4.0.1).
+	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_EX (set to 2 prior to
+	PHP 4.0.1).
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
 	To release a lock (shared or exclusive), set
-	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_UN (set to 3 prior to PHP 4.0.1).
+	<parameter>operation</parameter> to LOCK_UN (set to 3 prior to
+	PHP 4.0.1).
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
 	If you don't want <function>flock</function> to block while
-	locking, add LOCK_NB (4 prior to PHP 4.0.1) to <parameter>operation</parameter>.
+	locking, add LOCK_NB (4 prior to PHP 4.0.1) to
+	<parameter>operation</parameter>.
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
     <simpara>
-     <function>flock</function> allows you to perform a simple
+     <function>Flock</function> allows you to perform a simple
      reader/writer model which can be used on virtually every platform
-     (including most Unices and even Windows).  The optional 3rd argument
-	 is set to true if the lock would block (EWOULDBLOCK errno condition)
+     (including most Unices and even Windows).  The optional 3rd
+     argument is set to true if the lock would block (EWOULDBLOCK
+     errno condition)
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     <function>flock</function> returns true on success and false on
+     <function>Flock</function> returns true on success and false on
      error (e.g. when a lock could not be acquired).
     </simpara>
    </refsect1>
@@ -1006,7 +1001,7 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
   <refentry id="function.fopen">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fopen</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Open file or URL</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Opens file or URL</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1111,11 +1106,11 @@ $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) );
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>
-      <title>fopen() example</title>
+      <title><function>Fopen</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
-$fp = fopen("/home/rasmus/file.txt", "r");
-$fp = fopen("http://www.php.net/", "r");
-$fp = fopen("ftp://user:password@example.com/", "w");
+$fp = fopen ("/home/rasmus/file.txt", "r");
+$fp = fopen ("http://www.php.net/", "r");
+$fp = fopen ("ftp://user:password@example.com/", "w");
       </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
@@ -1130,7 +1125,7 @@ $fp = fopen("ftp://user:password@example.com/", "w");
      used in the path to the file, or use forward slashes.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php"> 
-$fp = fopen("c:\\data\\info.txt", "r");
+$fp = fopen ("c:\\data\\info.txt", "r");
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
@@ -1187,7 +1182,7 @@ $fp = fopen("c:\\data\\info.txt", "r");
   <refentry id="function.fputs">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fputs</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Write to a file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Writes to a file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1204,7 +1199,7 @@ $fp = fopen("c:\\data\\info.txt", "r");
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
-     <function>fputs</function> is an alias to
+     <function>Fputs</function> is an alias to
      <function>fwrite</function>, and is identical in every way.  Note
      that the <parameter>length</parameter> parameter is optional and
      if not specified the entire string will be written.
@@ -1227,7 +1222,7 @@ $fp = fopen("c:\\data\\info.txt", "r");
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <simpara>
-     <function>fread</function> reads up to
+     <function>Fread</function> reads up to
      <parameter>length</parameter> bytes from the file pointer
      referenced by <parameter>fp</parameter>. Reading stops when
      <parameter>length</parameter> bytes have been read or EOF is
@@ -1248,8 +1243,8 @@ fclose ($fd);
      See also <function>fwrite</function>, <function>fopen</function>,
      <function>fsockopen</function>, <function>popen</function>,
      <function>fgets</function>, <function>fgetss</function>,
-	 <function>fscanf</function>,
-     <function>file</function>, and <function>fpassthru</function>.
+     <function>fscanf</function>, <function>file</function>, and
+     <function>fpassthru</function>.
     </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
@@ -1272,40 +1267,40 @@ fclose ($fd);
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
-	 The function <function>fscanf</function> is similar to
-	 <function>sscanf</function>, but it takes its input from a file
-	 associated with <parameter>handle</parameter> and interprets the input
-	 according to the specified <parameter>format</parameter>. If only two
-	 parameters were passed to this function, the values parsed will be
-	 returned as an array.  Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed, the
-	 function will return the number of assigned values. The optional
-	 parameters must be passed by reference.
-	 <example>
-	 <title><function>Fscanf</function> Example</title>
-	 <programlisting role="php">
-$fp = fopen("users.txt","r");
-while ($userinfo = fscanf($fp,"%s\t%s\t%s\n")) {
-	list($name, $profession, $countrycode) = $userinfo;
-	//... do something with the values
+     The function <function>fscanf</function> is similar to
+     <function>sscanf</function>, but it takes its input from a file
+     associated with <parameter>handle</parameter> and interprets the
+     input according to the specified
+     <parameter>format</parameter>. If only two parameters were passed
+     to this function, the values parsed will be returned as an array.
+     Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed, the function will
+     return the number of assigned values. The optional parameters
+     must be passed by reference.
+     <example>
+      <title><function>Fscanf</function> Example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+$fp = fopen ("users.txt","r");
+while ($userinfo = fscanf ($fp, "%s\t%s\t%s\n")) {
+    list ($name, $profession, $countrycode) = $userinfo;
+    //... do something with the values
 }
 fclose($fp);
-	 </programlisting>
-	 </example>
-	 <example>
-	 <title>users.txt</title>
-	 <programlisting>
-javier	argonaut	pe
-hiroshi	sculptor	jp
-robert	slacker	us
-luigi	florist	it
-	 </programlisting>
-	 </example>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+     <example>
+      <title>users.txt</title>
+      <programlisting>
+javier  argonaut        pe
+hiroshi sculptor        jp
+robert  slacker us
+luigi   florist it
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
     </para>
     <para>
-     See also <function>fread</function>, 
-	 <function>fgets</function>, <function>fgetss</function>,
-	 <function>sscanf</function>, <function>printf</function>,
-     and <function>sprintf</function>. 
+     See also <function>fread</function>, <function>fgets</function>,
+     <function>fgetss</function>, <function>sscanf</function>,
+     <function>printf</function>, and <function>sprintf</function>.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
@@ -1313,7 +1308,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
   <refentry id="function.fseek">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fseek</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Seek on a file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Seeks on a file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1322,7 +1317,9 @@ luigi	florist	it
       <funcdef>int <function>fseek</function></funcdef>
       <paramdef>int <parameter>fp</parameter></paramdef>
       <paramdef>int <parameter>offset</parameter></paramdef>
-      <paramdef>int <parameter><optional>whence</optional></parameter></paramdef>
+      <paramdef>int 
+       <parameter><optional>whence</optional></parameter>
+      </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
@@ -1354,10 +1351,10 @@ luigi	florist	it
      formats.
     </para>
     <note>
-      <para>
+     <para>
       The <parameter>whence</parameter> argument was added after PHP 4.0 RC1.
-      </para>
-     </note>
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <para>
      See also <function>ftell</function> and
      <function>rewind</function>.
@@ -1369,7 +1366,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>fstat</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Get information about a file using an open file pointer.
+     Gets information about a file using an open file pointer
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -1415,7 +1412,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
   <refentry id="function.ftell">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>ftell</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Tell file pointer read/write position</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Tells file pointer read/write position</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1448,7 +1445,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>ftruncate</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Truncate a file to a given length.
+     Truncates a file to a given length.
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -1762,7 +1759,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
   <refentry id="function.linkinfo">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>linkinfo</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Get information about a link</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gets information about a link</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1795,7 +1792,7 @@ luigi	florist	it
   <refentry id="function.mkdir">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>mkdir</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Make directory</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Makes directory</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1830,7 +1827,7 @@ mkdir ("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
   <refentry id="function.pclose">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>pclose</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Close process file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Closes process file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1861,7 +1858,7 @@ mkdir ("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
   <refentry id="function.popen">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>popen</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Open process file pointer</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Opens process file pointer</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1903,7 +1900,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.readfile">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>readfile</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Output a file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Outputs a file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1964,7 +1961,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.readlink">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>readlink</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Return the target of a symbolic link</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Returns the target of a symbolic link</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -1995,7 +1992,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.rename">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>rename</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Rename a file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Renames a file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2046,7 +2043,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.rmdir">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>rmdir</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Remove directory</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Removes directory</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2073,7 +2070,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.stat">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>stat</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Give information about a file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Gives information about a file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2116,7 +2113,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>lstat</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Give information about a file or symbolic link
+     Gives information about a file or symbolic link
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
@@ -2164,7 +2161,7 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
   <refentry id="function.realpath">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>realpath</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Return canonicalized absolute pathname</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Returns canonicalized absolute pathname</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2181,12 +2178,11 @@ $fp = popen ("/bin/ls", "r");
      absolute pathname.  The resulting path will have no symbolic link,
      '/./' or '/../' components.
     </para>
-
     <para>
      <example>
       <title><function>realpath</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
-$real_path = realpath("../../index.php");
+$real_path = realpath ("../../index.php");
       </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
@@ -2196,7 +2192,7 @@ $real_path = realpath("../../index.php");
   <refentry id="function.symlink">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>symlink</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Create a symbolic link</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Creates a symbolic link</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2219,7 +2215,7 @@ $real_path = realpath("../../index.php");
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-     This function does not work on Windows systems
+      This function does not work on Windows systems.
      </simpara>
     </note>
    </refsect1>
@@ -2228,7 +2224,7 @@ $real_path = realpath("../../index.php");
   <refentry id="function.tempnam">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>tempnam</refname>
-    <refpurpose>create unique file name</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Creates unique file name</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2269,7 +2265,7 @@ $tmpfname = tempnam ("/tmp", "FOO");
   <refentry id="function.touch">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>touch</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Set modification time of file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Sets modification time of file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2295,12 +2291,13 @@ $tmpfname = tempnam ("/tmp", "FOO");
     <para>
      Returns true on success and false otherwise.
      <example>
-      <title><function>touch</function> example</title>
+      <title><function>Touch</function> example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
-if ( touch($FileName) ) {
-  print "$FileName modification time has been changed to todays date and time";
+if (touch ($FileName)) {
+    print "$FileName modification time has been 
+           changed to todays date and time";
 } else {
-  print "Sorry Could Not change modification time of $FileName";
+    print "Sorry Could Not change modification time of $FileName";
 }
       </programlisting>
      </example>
@@ -2336,7 +2333,7 @@ if ( touch($FileName) ) {
   <refentry id="function.unlink">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>unlink</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Delete a file</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Deletes a file</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
@@ -2358,7 +2355,7 @@ if ( touch($FileName) ) {
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-     This function may not work on Windows systems.
+      This function may not work on Windows systems.
      </simpara>
     </note>
    </refsect1>