Added note to intval. var argument should be a string if used in conjunction with the optional base argument

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@50051 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1

functions/var.xml

@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ print $double_value_of_var; // prints 122.34343
      </para>
     </note>
     <para>
-     This is the opposite of 
+     This is the opposite of
      <literal>(boolean) <parameter>var</parameter></literal>,
      except that no warning is generated when the variable is not set.
-     See <link linkend="language.types.boolean.casting">converting 
+     See <link linkend="language.types.boolean.casting">converting
      to boolean</link> for more information.
     </para>
-     
+
     <!-- Returns false if <parameter>var</parameter> is set and has a
      non-empty or non-zero value; true otherwise. -->
-     
+
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 $var = 0;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ if (!isset($var)) { // evaluates false
      <function>gettype</function> on a function.
     </para>
     <para>
-     See also 
+     See also
      <function>settype</function>,
      <function>is_array</function>,
      <function>is_bool</function>,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ print_r(array_keys(get_defined_vars()));
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
      This function returns a string representing the type of the resource
-     passed to it. If the paramater is not a valid resource, it 
+     passed to it. If the paramater is not a valid resource, it
      generates an error.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
@@ -290,9 +290,16 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
      base 10).
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     <parameter>Var</parameter> may be any scalar type. You cannot use
+     <parameter>var</parameter> may be any scalar type. You cannot use
      <function>intval</function> on arrays or objects.
     </simpara>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      The <parameter>base</parameter> argument for
+      <function>intval</function> has no effect unless the
+      <parameter>var</parameter> argument is a string.
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <simpara>
      See also <function>doubleval</function>,
      <function>strval</function>, <function>settype</function> and
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.is-bool">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>is_bool</refname>
@@ -346,13 +353,13 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
        <funcdef>bool
         <function>is_bool</function>
        </funcdef>
-       <paramdef>mixed 
+       <paramdef>mixed
         <parameter>var</parameter>
        </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
      </funcsynopsis>
      <para>
-      Returns true if the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is 
+      Returns true if the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is
       a boolean.
      </para>
      <para>
@@ -649,7 +656,7 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
     </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.is-resource">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>is_resource</refname>
@@ -661,28 +668,28 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcprototype>
-      <funcdef>bool 
+      <funcdef>bool
        <function>is_resource</function>
       </funcdef>
-      <paramdef>mixed 
+      <paramdef>mixed
        <parameter>var</parameter>
       </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
      <function>is_resource</function> returns true if the variable
-     given by the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is a resource, 
+     given by the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is a resource,
      otherwise it returns false.
     </para>
     <para>
      Resources are things like file or database result handles that
      are allocated and freed by internal PHP functions and that may
      need some cleanup when they are no longer in use but haven't been
-     freed by user code.  
+     freed by user code.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.is-scalar">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>is_scalar</refname>
@@ -694,17 +701,17 @@ echo get_resource_type($doc->doc)."\n";
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcprototype>
-      <funcdef>bool 
+      <funcdef>bool
        <function>is_scalar</function>
       </funcdef>
-      <paramdef>mixed 
+      <paramdef>mixed
        <parameter>var</parameter>
       </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
      <function>is_scalar</function> returns true if the variable
-     given by the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is a scalar, 
+     given by the <parameter>var</parameter> parameter is a scalar,
      otherwise it returns false.
     </para>
     <para>
@@ -790,7 +797,7 @@ show_var($proteins)
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.isset">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>isset</refname>
@@ -811,9 +818,9 @@ show_var($proteins)
     <para>
      If a variable has been unset with <function>unset</function>,
      it will no longer be <function>isset</function>. <function>isset</function>
-     will return <literal>false</literal> if testing a variable that has been 
+     will return <literal>false</literal> if testing a variable that has been
      set to <literal>NULL</literal>. Also note that a null byte (<literal>"\0"</literal>)
-     is not equivalent to the PHP <literal>NULL</literal> constant. 
+     is not equivalent to the PHP <literal>NULL</literal> constant.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 $a = "test";
@@ -822,8 +829,8 @@ echo isset ($a); // TRUE
 unset ($a);
 echo isset ($a); // FALSE
 
-$foo = NULL; 
-print isset ($foo); // FALSE 
+$foo = NULL;
+print isset ($foo); // FALSE
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
@@ -877,10 +884,10 @@ print_r ($a);
     </para>
     <warning>
      <para>
-      This function will continue forever if given an array or object 
-      that contains a direct or indirect reference to itself or that 
+      This function will continue forever if given an array or object
+      that contains a direct or indirect reference to itself or that
       contains an array or object on a deeper level that does so.
-      This is especially true for <literal>print_r($GLOBALS)</literal>, 
+      This is especially true for <literal>print_r($GLOBALS)</literal>,
       as <literal>$GLOBALS</literal> is itself a global variable and
       contains a reference to itself as such.
      </para>
@@ -956,7 +963,7 @@ if (!odbc_execute ($stmt, &amp;$sqldata)) {
    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.settype">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>settype</refname>
@@ -987,7 +994,7 @@ if (!odbc_execute ($stmt, &amp;$sqldata)) {
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
     <para>
-     Returns <literal>TRUE</literal> if successful; otherwise returns 
+     Returns <literal>TRUE</literal> if successful; otherwise returns
      <literal>FALSE</literal>.
     </para>
     <para>
@@ -1180,9 +1187,9 @@ bar
      was called.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
-function foo(&amp;$bar) { 
-    unset($bar); 
-    $bar = "blah"; 
+function foo(&amp;$bar) {
+    unset($bar);
+    $bar = "blah";
 }
 
 $bar = 'something';
@@ -1206,7 +1213,7 @@ something
      static variable, rather than the static variable itself.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
-function foo() { 
+function foo() {
     static $a;
     $a++;
        echo "$a\n";
@@ -1233,7 +1240,7 @@ foo();
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 function foo() {
-    unset($GLOBALS['bar']);       
+    unset($GLOBALS['bar']);
 }
 
 $bar = "something";
@@ -1252,7 +1259,7 @@ foo();
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
-  
+
   <refentry id="function.var-dump">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>var_dump</refname>