From e8e836ca34517fc7797abf94657f612b7ec72766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@php.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:05:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added note to split (TODO: add to spliti and other
 split/explode like functions)

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@56251 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/regex.xml | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions/regex.xml b/functions/regex.xml
index 31043ab57b..18bdeca729 100644
--- a/functions/regex.xml
+++ b/functions/regex.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.regex">
   <title>Regular Expression Functions (POSIX Extended)</title>
   <titleabbrev>Regexps</titleabbrev>
@@ -325,6 +325,16 @@ $passwd_list = split (":", $passwd_line, 5);
       </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
+    <tip>
+     <simpara>
+      If there are <replaceable>n</replaceable> occurences of
+      <parameter>pattern</parameter>, the returned array will contain
+      <literal><replaceable>n</replaceable>+1</literal> items. For example, if
+      there is no occurence of <parameter>pattern</parameter>, an array with
+      only one element will be returned. Of course, this is also true if
+      <parameter>string</parameter> is emply.
+     </simpara>
+    </tip>
     <para>
      To parse a date which may be delimited with slashes, dots, or
      hyphens:
@@ -467,4 +477,5 @@ sgml-exposed-tags:nil
 sgml-local-catalogs:nil
 sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
 End:
+vi: et:ts=1:sw=1:textwidth=78:syntax=sgml
 -->