#43960 [NEW]: strtotime() returns timestamp in the future when given a bogus string

From: chris dot corbyn at sitepoint dot com Operating system: OS X/Linux PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: strtotime() returns timestamp in the future when given a bogus string Description: ------------ When writing a unit test to ensure bogus data cannot be passed to our e-commerce paypal request-response library we've stumbled upon an unexpected problem. I enjoy the occassional (1-2 per day) slice whilst at work so I passed this as a test bogus string. <?php var_dump(strtotime('i like to eat slices at work')); ?> This returns a timestamp exactly 2 hours in the future. This has been tested on 2 different macs and a linux server. We've pinned it down to the "i". What we really expected was a boolean false return value. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php var_dump(strtotime('i like to eat slices at work')); var_dump(strtotime('i')); //same ?> Expected result: ---------------- A boolean FALSE return is expected. Actual result: -------------- An integer representing a UNIX timestamp exactly 2 hours in the future is returned. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43960&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43960&r=mysqlcfg