From c889127223a3eeafd318f56fc8d0a59369546683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Torben Wilson <torben@php.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:28:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Note that in order to use a negative offset to count from the
 end of the file, you must specify SEEK_END in the 'whence' parameter.
 Addresses bug #47371.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@288029 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/filesystem/functions/fseek.xml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fseek.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fseek.xml
index 96942dea15..1a664b9abd 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fseek.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fseek.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
        The offset.
       </para>
       <para>
-       To move to a position before the end-of-file, you need to pass a negative
-       value in <parameter>offset</parameter>.
+       To move to a position before the end-of-file, you need to pass
+       a negative value in <parameter>offset</parameter> and
+       set <parameter>whence</parameter>
+       to <constant>SEEK_END</constant>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>