#45652 [NEW]: Empty string replaced with blank character

From: dsauneuf at guillemot dot fr Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: MSSQL related Bug description: Empty string replaced with blank character Description: ------------ Empty string turned into a blank character. ----------- Running a php site under windows 2003 / IIS / ntwdblib.dll (2000.80.2039.0) to access an SQL server 2000 database. Same thing under Windows XP / IIS / ntwdblib.dll. Works fine under fedora / apache / freetds. Denis Reproduce code: --------------- $sql=" select '' "; $res_id=mssql_query($sql)or die ("Database Error"); $row=mssql_fetch_row($res_id); echo strlen($row[0]); Expected result: ---------------- Should return 0. Actual result: -------------- Returns 1. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45652&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45652&r=mysqlcfg