#42186 [NEW]: json_decode() won't work with \l

From: djlopez at gmx dot de Operating system: All PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: json_decode() won't work with \l Description: ------------ json_decode() returns nothing, when the string contains an \l (lowercase L), maybe (internal) crash!? Reproduce code: --------------- $json = '{"stringwithbreak":"line with a \lbreak!"}'; print_r(json_decode($json, true)); Expected result: ---------------- print_r() is NOT returning anything, json_decode() seems to be not executed. Actual result: -------------- Could be "solved" this way: print_r(json_decode(str_replace("\\l", "", $json), true)); However, it's a bug... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42186&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42186&r=mysqlcfg