#38440 [NEW]: json_decode('true') returns NULL

From: clay at killersoft dot com Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4.7 PHP version: 5.2.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: json_decode('true') returns NULL Description: ------------ JSON decoder returns NULL when passed a string containing 'true'. Reproduce code: --------------- var_dump(json_decode('true')); Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) Actual result: -------------- NULL -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38440&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38440&r=mysqlcfg