#43808 [NEW]: date_create never fails (even when it should)
From: martin dot contento at gmail dot com
Operating system: linux
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Date/time related
Bug description: date_create never fails (even when it should)
Description:
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As "karsten" already mentioned
(http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.date-create.php#77871) date_create()
never returns FALSE like it is supposed to, even when it is handed complete
garbage. It seems to be something like "if the string starts with a letter,
treat it as a timezone -> this is not a timezone *dies*)
edit:
also, this bug might be related: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40340
Reproduce code:
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<?php
$date = date_create('asdfasdf');
if ($date instanceof DateTime {
echo "this is wrong, should be bool";
}
?>
Expected result:
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nothing (i would expect date_create() to handle the error in the timezone
function and return FALSE)
Actual result:
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Warning: date_create(): Failed to parse time string (asdfasdf) at position
0 (a): The timezone could not be found in the database in
/home/mcontento/datetimebug.php on line 3
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- martin dot contento at gmail dot com