php / php/doc-en

Missing Information in Manual (function error_get_last); Incorrect ArrayShape

Open Beginner friendly
#5,848 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
XML
Stars
596
Forks
890
Avg merge
1d 15h
Merged PRs (30d)
55

Description

From manual page: https://php.net/function.error-get-last

Missing: in PHP 8.5+, if the error is a "fatal error" then the return array contains "trace" (array).

Similarly, the array shape of this functions needs updating to /** @var null|array{type:int,message:string,file:string,line:int,trace?:array} $aError */ (editor throws error when checking for "trace")

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the PHP manual page for error_get_last at https://php.net/function.error-get-last and locate its source entry in the doc-en repository. Update the PHP 8.5+ return-value documentation and the documented array shape to include the optional trace array. Done means the manual accurately describes fatal-error traces and no longer flags trace as an invalid array key.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
78/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.