xml_parser_create(_ns)() encoding param description is incorrect
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Description
The input encoding is only detected if the value passed is an empty string. If the encoding is null then the default encoding is used.
This behaviour dates from at least PHP 5.3.
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Start with the PHP documentation for xml_parser_create() and xml_parser_create_ns() and compare its encoding parameter description with the linked PHP 5.3 and master source references. Done means the documentation distinguishes empty-string encoding detection from null selecting the default encoding.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
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- 55/100