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Rephrase that following generic PDO attributes may not be implemented

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Description

From manual page: https://php.net/pdo.getattribute

--- " The generic attributes that apply to database connections are as follows"

should be rephrased as "may apply" as they are not necessarily implemented.

Ex.: lists PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT although it's not implemented for SQL Server
(source https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/blob/a8138e1de60eb6e97c7cc99410fff9c973e188ab/source/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_dbh.cpp#L1336)

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Open the PDO::getAttribute manual page and locate the sentence stating that generic attributes apply to database connections. Check the linked SQL Server example for context, then rephrase the sentence to indicate that these attributes may not be implemented and verify the documentation wording and links.

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php
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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