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Mentioned non-existing function RecursiveIteratorIterator::getChildren()

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Description

From manual page: https://php.net/recursiveiteratoriterator.beginchildren

There is no RecursiveIteratorIterator::getChildren() function on RecursiveIteratorIterator object, only ::callGetChildren().

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Start at the manual page linked in the issue and inspect the RecursiveIteratorIterator::beginChildren documentation. Verify the documented method against the stated API names, then correct the non-existing getChildren() reference to the appropriate name. Done means the page no longer claims that RecursiveIteratorIterator provides getChildren().

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Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
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Under an hour
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Stale
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Clearly specified
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