Fix grammar in strings functions (php#5726)

Author: kamil-tekiela

reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
   <para>
    <function>password_hash</function> uses a strong hash, generates a strong salt, and applies proper rounds automatically. <function>password_hash</function> is a simple <function>crypt</function> wrapper and compatible with existing password hashes. Use of <function>password_hash</function> is encouraged.
   </para>
-  <para>
+  <simpara>
    The hash type is triggered by the salt argument.
    If no salt is provided, PHP will
-   auto-generate either a standard two character (DES) salt, or a twelve
-   character (MD5), depending on the availability of MD5 crypt().  PHP sets a
+   auto-generate either a standard two character (DES) or a twelve
+   character (MD5) salt, depending on the availability of MD5 crypt().  PHP sets a
    constant named <constant>CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH</constant> which indicates the
    longest valid salt allowed by the available hashes.
-  </para>
+  </simpara>
   <para>
    The standard DES-based <function>crypt</function> returns the
    salt as the first two characters of the output. It also only uses the

reference/strings/functions/get-html-translation-table.xml

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
    <function>htmlentities</function>.
   </para>
   <note>
-   <para>
+   <simpara>
     Special characters can be encoded in several ways. E.g.
     <literal>"</literal> can be encoded as <literal>&amp;quot;</literal>,
-    <literal>&amp;#34;</literal> or <literal>&amp;#x22</literal>.
+    <literal>&amp;#34;</literal> or <literal>&amp;#x22;</literal>.
     <function>get_html_translation_table</function> returns only the form used
     by <function>htmlspecialchars</function> and
     <function>htmlentities</function>.
-   </para>
+   </simpara>
   </note>
  </refsect1>
 

reference/strings/functions/localeconv.xml

@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@
     </tgroup>
    </informaltable>
   </para>
-  <para>
-   The <literal>p_sign_posn</literal>, and <literal>n_sign_posn</literal> contain a string
-   of formatting options. Each number representing one of the above listed conditions.
-  </para>
+  <simpara>
+   The <literal>p_sign_posn</literal> and <literal>n_sign_posn</literal> contain a string
+   of formatting options. Each number represents one of the above listed conditions.
+  </simpara>
   <para>
    The grouping fields contain arrays that define the way numbers should be
    grouped. For example, the monetary grouping field for the nl_NL locale (in

reference/strings/functions/ltrim.xml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </simpara>
   <simpara>
    Without the second parameter,
-   <function>mb_ltrim</function> will strip these characters:
+   <function>ltrim</function> will strip these characters:
   </simpara>
   &strings.stripped.characters;
  </refsect1>

reference/strings/functions/quoted-printable-decode.xml

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
    <type>string</type><methodname>quoted_printable_decode</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
-  <para>
+  <simpara>
    This function returns an 8-bit binary string corresponding to the decoded
    quoted printable string (according to <link
    xlink:href="&url.rfc;2045">RFC2045</link>, section 6.7, not <link
    xlink:href="&url.rfc;2821">RFC2821</link>, section 4.5.2, so additional periods
-   are not stripped from the beginning of line).
-  </para>
+   are not stripped from the beginning of a line).
+  </simpara>
   <para>
    This function is similar to <function>imap_qprint</function>, except this
    one does not require the IMAP module to work.

reference/strings/functions/setlocale.xml

@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@
    Sets locale information.
   </para>
   <warning>
-   <para>
+   <simpara>
     The locale information is maintained per process, not per thread. If you
-    are running PHP on a multithreaded server API
-    , you may experience sudden changes in locale settings while a
+    are running PHP on a multithreaded server API,
+    you may experience sudden changes in locale settings while a
     script is running, though the script itself never called 
     <function>setlocale</function>. This happens due to other scripts
     running in different threads of the same process at the same time,
     changing the process-wide locale using <function>setlocale</function>.
     On Windows, locale information is maintained per thread as of PHP 7.0.5.
-   </para>
+   </simpara>
   </warning>
  </refsect1>
 

reference/strings/functions/str-repeat.xml

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
     <varlistentry>
      <term><parameter>times</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Number of time the <parameter>string</parameter> string should be
+      <simpara>
+       Number of times the <parameter>string</parameter> string should be
        repeated.
-      </para>
+      </simpara>
       <para>
        <parameter>times</parameter> has to be greater than or equal to 0.
        If the <parameter>times</parameter> is set to 0, the function

reference/strings/functions/stripos.xml

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
    Find the numeric position of the first occurrence of
    <parameter>needle</parameter> in the <parameter>haystack</parameter> string.
   </para>
-  <para>
-   Unlike the <function>strpos</function>, <function>stripos</function> is
+  <simpara>
+   Unlike <function>strpos</function>, <function>stripos</function> is
    case-insensitive.
-  </para>
+  </simpara>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 role="parameters">

reference/strings/functions/strncasecmp.xml

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 $var1 = 'Hello John';
 $var2 = 'hello Doe';
 if (strncasecmp($var1, $var2, 5) === 0) {
-    echo 'First 5 characters of $var1 and $var2 are equals in a case-insensitive string comparison';
+    echo 'First 5 characters of $var1 and $var2 are equal in a case-insensitive string comparison';
 }
 ?>
 ]]>

reference/strings/functions/strpbrk.xml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>characters</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
-  <para>
+  <simpara>
    <function>strpbrk</function> searches the <parameter>string</parameter>
-   string for a <parameter>characters</parameter>.
-  </para>
+   string for any of the characters in <parameter>characters</parameter>.
+  </simpara>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 role="parameters">