#38589 [NEW]: fwrite() writes some extra '\'

From: tennysonvarghese at gmail dot com Operating system: Debian linux 2.6.15-1-686 PHP version: 4.4.4 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: fwrite() writes some extra '\' Description: ------------ fwrite() prepends '\' if is there any '," or \ . PHP tries to write a '\' for every inclusion of the above characters. Reproduce code: --------------- <form name="frmFile" method="post" action="test.php"> <textarea name="txtFile" rows=5> <?= $_POST['txtFile']; ?> </textarea> <input type = submit value="Test" > </form> <?php if(isset($_POST['txtFile'])){ $data = $_POST['txtFile']; fwrite($fp, $data); fclose ($fp); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- i expect to remove the extra slash('\') and get the file as what i write in the text area. Actual result: -------------- this is \\\\\\\'\\\\\\\' test \\\\\\\\ -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38589&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38589&r=mysqlcfg