#37262 [Csd]: var_export() does not escape \0 character

ID: 37262 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: idiom at mail dot ru Status: Closed Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.1.3, 4.4.2 New Comment: This was fixed improperly, as the resulting output could not be parsed back to its original string. A fix for this is in PHP 5.2.6/5.3.0/6.0.0. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-09 18:09:50] iliaa@php.net 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-22 12:33:13] sniper@php.net Derick, still looking? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-01 16:10:31] derick@php.net I'll have a look ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-01 15:15:41] idiom at mail dot ru Description: ------------ var_export() outputs \0 in variables as is, messing browser Reproduce code: --------------- $func = create_function('$a', 'return $a;'); var_export($func); Expected result: ---------------- identical to: $func = create_function('$a', 'return $a;'); $output = addcslashes(var_export($func, true), "\0"); echo $output; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37262&edit=1