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Author #38999 [Opn->Csd]: unknown word
sean@php.net

2006-09-30, 6:58 pm

ID: 38999
Updated by: sean@php.net
Reported By: ammacdon at yahoo dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Closed
Bug Type: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: sean
New Comment:

This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation
better.




Previous Comments:
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[2006-09-30 05:07:21] ammacdon at yahoo dot com

Description:
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bad grammar and a made-up word

Reproduce code:
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http://us3.php.net/preg_replace

"If there are less keys in the replacement array than in the pattern
array, the excedent patterns will be replaced by an empty string."

this sentence does not parse; proper english requires "fewer" instead
of "less". also, i was unable to find a definition to the word(?)
"excedent" in the Oxford American Dictionary. as such, i do not
understand what the sentence means. what are "excedent patterns?"



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