#44722 [NEW]: The save_path cannot contain NULL characters

From: antphill at uk dot ibm dot com Operating system: SUSE Linux PHP version: 6CVS-2008-04-14 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: The save_path cannot contain NULL characters Description: ------------ Calling session_save_path() with no arguments produces a warning: "The save_path cannot contain NULL characters" and returns FALSE instead of an empty string. This only reproduces on Linux, on Windows the test passes as expected. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php ob_start(); echo "*** Testing session_save_path() : error functionality ***\n"; $directory = dirname(__FILE__); var_dump(session_save_path()); var_dump(session_save_path($directory)); var_dump(session_save_path()); echo "Done"; ob_end_flush(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- --EXPECTF-- *** Testing session_save_path() : error functionality *** string(0) "" string(0) "" string(%d) "%s" Done --UEXPECTF-- *** Testing session_save_path() : error functionality *** unicode(0) "" unicode(0) "" unicode(%d) "%s" Done Actual result: -------------- *** Testing session_save_path() : error functionality *** Warning: session_save_path(): The save_path cannot contain NULL characters. in /mnt/hgfs/Projects/Session/php-6.0/session_save_path_basic.php on line 14 bool(false) string(0) "" string(34) "/mnt/hgfs/Projects/Session/php-6.0" Done -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44722&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44722&r=mysqlcfg