From d99af4f1cdc042d03f5947cac94954428ecb97ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vlad Krupin <vlad@php.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:51:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Documented fix to bug #5993 (that large integers that would
 have caused an integer overflow (> 32 bits) will now be returned as strings
 instead. #Hope I have inserted the bulleted list properly - can't validate
 xml :(

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@66515 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/dbase.xml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions/dbase.xml b/functions/dbase.xml
index 53c7db2e5c..d3803a0c4a 100644
--- a/functions/dbase.xml
+++ b/functions/dbase.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.dbase">
   <title>dBase functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>dBase</titleabbrev>
@@ -294,8 +294,20 @@ if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
      <function>dbase_delete_record</function>.
     </para>
     <para>
-     Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type. (Dates are
-     left as strings.)
+     Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type, except:
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <simpara>
+        Dates are left as strings
+       </simpara>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <simpara>
+        Integers that would have caused an overflow (> 32 bits)
+        are returned as strings
+       </simpara>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
@@ -325,8 +337,20 @@ if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
      for deletion (see <function>dbase_delete_record</function>).
     </para>
     <para>
-     Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type. (Dates are
-     left as strings.)
+     Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type, except:
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <simpara>
+        Dates are left as strings
+       </simpara>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <simpara>
+        Integers that would have caused an overflow (> 32 bits)
+        are returned as strings
+       </simpara>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>