#42949 [NEW]: range('a', 'Z') has weird results

From: phpbug at fint dot org Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.4 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: range('a', 'Z') has weird results Description: ------------ range('a', 'Z') gives random junk Reproduce code: --------------- <?php foreach (range('a', 'Z') as $letter) { echo $letter; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- a-z and A-Z (wishful thinking?) I am trying to recreate Perl's "@a=('a'..'z', 'A'..'Z');" Actual result: -------------- a`_^]\[Z -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42949&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42949&r=mysqlcfg