#42069 [NEW]: parse_ini_file() gives wrong output with some of Non-alpha numeric characters

From: mahesh dot vemula at in dot ibm dot com Operating system: RHEL 4, Windows Xp PHP version: 5CVS-2007-07-22 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Performance problem Bug description: parse_ini_file() gives wrong output with some of Non-alpha numeric characters Description: ------------ PHP engine doesn’t throw the expected parsing error (which is according to doc) with the “input string given in “parse.ini file” containing ‘@’ char and which is not included in double quotes (“”). Documentation says - “Note: If a value in the ini file contains any non-alphanumeric characters it needs to be enclosed in double-quotes (") in ”http://in2.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php. And it is happening with many other Non-alpha numeric chars like #, %, &, +, -, `, ^, <, >, :, ‘, _, ?, etc. For some of chars like ‘!’, ‘~’, ‘()’, etc php throws parsing error which is expected according to doc. Environment: Operating System: Linux, Windows XP PHP Version:PHP 5.2.4-dev (cli) (built: Jul 21 2007 19:21:35) Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies Configure Setup: ./configure Reproduce code: --------------- Parse_ini_file.php: <?php $ini_array = parse_ini_file(dirname(__FILE__)."/parse.ini"); print_r($ini_array); ?> parse.ini: ;start of ini file [Strings with non-alpha numeric values] ;without quotes ;Expected a parse error Non-alpha_string1 = Hello@world ;Throws an error, which is according to doc ;Non-alpha_string2 = Hello!world ;with quotes ;Works fine, which is according to doc Non-alpha_string1_quotes = "Hello@world" Non-alpha_string2_quotes = "Hello!world" ;end of ini file Expected result: ---------------- PHP Warning: Error parsing %s/parse.ini on line %d in %s\parse_ini_file.php on line %d Array ( [Non-alpha_string2] => Hello ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [Non-alpha_string1] => Hello@world [Non-alpha_string1_quotes] => Hello@world [Non-alpha_string2_quotes] => Hello!world ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42069&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42069&r=mysqlcfg