From 334658afb1f7f6e943af72d063654b58f3dc56da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ron Chmara <ronabop@php.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 04:59:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Closing bug 6741 (gettype no longer works on functions)

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@35196 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/var.xml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions/var.xml b/functions/var.xml
index 4c40603949..ae9dd05a1d 100644
--- a/functions/var.xml
+++ b/functions/var.xml
@@ -124,13 +124,18 @@ if (!isset($var)) { // evaluates false
        <simpara>"resource"</simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-       <simpara>"user function"</simpara>
+       <simpara>"user function" (PHP 3 only, deprecated)</simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>"unknown type"</simpara>
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
+    <para>
+     For PHP 4, you should use <function>function_exists</function> and
+     <function>method_exists</function> to replace the prior usage of
+     <function>gettype</function> on a function.
+    </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>settype</function>.
     </para>