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apcu_fetch returns associative array and not variables

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Description

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.apcu-fetch.php
states under "Return values" that
"The stored variable or array of variables"

This should read:
"The stored variable or an associative array with the variables' names as keys and their values. Use extract () to convert this array to the variables themselves."

If the function returned the variables themselves then they could be fetched by a destructuring assignment, which is not the case.

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Start with the APCu documentation page linked in the issue, especially the Return values section for apcu_fetch(). Update the description to distinguish a stored variable from the associative array returned for multiple variables, including the extract() guidance, and verify the rendered wording matches the requested clarification.

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Tech stack
php
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
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