#42272 [NEW]: var_export() incorrectly escapes char(0)

From: pilots at rambler dot ru Operating system: WindowsXP PHP version: 5.2.4RC1 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: var_export() incorrectly escapes char(0) Description: ------------ var_export() incorrectly escapes char(0) in strings. It returns '\000' in single quotes, therefore then this string can not be imported correctly. Reproduce code: --------------- eval('echo '.var_export("\0",true).';'); Expected result: ---------------- // chr(0) Actual result: -------------- \000 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42272&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42272&r=mysqlcfg