Re: Incorrect description of function array_map()?

[email protected] (Peter Hunkeler)
Newsgroups php.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thanks.
I'll report on github next time.
--
Peter

Am 02.03.2022 um 13:24 schrieb Christoph M. Becker:
> On 01.03.2022 at 22:07, Peter Hunkeler wrote:
>
>> I wonder whether the documentation of the array_map() function is correct?
>>
>> The documentation describes arrays as being "ordered maps that
>> associates values to keys". The "key" is what is called "index" in other
>> languages. The PHP doc mostly uses the word "key", and less often the
>> word "index".
>>
>> I further read in the doc of "array_map()" that "array_map() returns an
>> array containing the results of applying the callback to the
>> corresponding index of array (and arrays if more arrays are provided)
>> used as arguments for the callback."
>>
>> But the function applies the callback to each "value" of the array, not
>> the "keys", right? Shouldn't the doc say "... applying the callback to
>> the corresponding values of array..."?
> Thanks!  Fixed as
> <https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/e8c83816e0ca7a4136a5991b2227ddf00fa9adc6>.
>
> Please report documentation bugs at
> <https://github.com/php/doc-en/issues> next time. :)
>
> --
> Christoph M. Becker
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