#46428 [Opn->Bgs]: Can't make string comparison if the string ends with '=='

ID: 46428 Updated by: felipe@php.net Reported By: jaume dot bosch at atrapalo dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: See: $foo=substr($foo(0 <--------- ,strlen($foo)-2)); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-10-30 11:08:17] jaume dot bosch at atrapalo dot com Description: ------------ In the code below, you can see a string called 'foo', if you try to make a strstr, strpos, ereg, ..., to this string you get this error: It seems that a string ending with '==' it's understand as a function call. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $foo='asdfdgfsg=='; if (strstr($foo,'==')) $foo=substr($foo(0,strlen($foo)-2)); echo $foo; ?> Expected result: ---------------- asdfdgfsg Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function asdfdgfsg==() in /usr/home/myuser/test.php on line 3 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() /usr/home/myuser/test.php:0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46428&edit=1