#41964 [Asn->Csd]: strtotime returns a timestamp for non-time string of pattern '(A|a) .+'

ID: 41964 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: al dot vazquez at gmail dot com -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.3 Assigned To: derick New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-07-11 16:22:02] derick@php.net There is indeed a bug: derick@kossu:~$ php -r 'var_dump(date_parse("A"));' array(12) { ["year"]=> bool(false) ["month"]=> bool(false) ["day"]=> bool(false) ["hour"]=> bool(false) ["minute"]=> bool(false) ["second"]=> bool(false) ["fraction"]=> bool(false) ["warning_count"]=> int(0) ["warnings"]=> array(0) { } ["error_count"]=> int(1) ["errors"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(12) "Empty string" } ["is_localtime"]=> bool(false) } It is not an empty string... Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-07-11 15:35:01] al dot vazquez at gmail dot com Description: ------------ strtotime return the current timestamp for the values 'A Revolution in Development' and 'a nothing'. Expected return value is false. This seems to be tripped by the first character being the letter 'a' or 'A' followed by a space followed by more text. Reproduce code: --------------- echo strtotime('Ask the Experts'); echo strtotime('A '); echo strtotime('A'); echo strtotime('a '); echo strtotime('a'); echo strtotime('A Revolution in Development'); echo strtotime('a nothing'); Expected result: ---------------- false false false false false false false Actual result: -------------- false false false false false current timestamp current timestamp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41964&edit=1