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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] fgets()/fgetss() BC break in HEAD
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

ceo@l-i-e.com wrote:
> On Tue, November 14, 2006 2:59 pm, Sara Golemon wrote:
>> keeping.  I'll lay money that NOONE is relying on this, and I
>> challenge
>> any of you to prove me wrong on that count.
> 
> Errrr.
> 
> You may want to re-think that bet...
> 
> Surely somebody out there has:
> <?php
>   $field_X = fgets($file, 10); //get the next 9 bytes
>   $field_Y = fgets($file, 4); //get the next 3 bytes
> ?>
> 
Sorry, I meant to say "Noone with an IQ higher than twelve is relying on 
this."

> Or change the docs and the variable name to something other than
> maxchars is a perfect solution. :-)
> 
Yes, and that's what I said both in this thread and on IRC before the 
thread started.

-Sara