#48147 [Opn->Fbk]: iconv with //IGNORE cuts the string

ID: 48147 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: kulakov74 at yandex dot ru -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: ICONV related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates all necessary tables, stored procedures etc. Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-05-04 14:52:10] kulakov74 at yandex dot ru Description: ------------ iconv() without //IGNORE as known cuts the string at the first illegal character, but with //IGNORE it should not. Still, I get a truncated text, but not at the point where the character is. Sorry the actual PHP version is 5.2.6, but I cannot upgrade it. Just to let you know. Can you test that with the last version? Please download the file from http://www.oppcharts.com/iconv.html Reproduce code: --------------- $Body1=... //read the file echo(strlen($Body1)."\n"); $Body2=iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1', $Body1); echo(strlen($Body2)."\n"); $Body2=iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1//IGNORE', $Body1); echo(strlen($Body2)."\n"); Expected result: ---------------- 15323 Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in /home/doldon/html/tdnam/dev.php on line 18 3588 ----------------------------------- 15323 15321 - I can get this if I use //TRANSLIT or when I run the test on my home Windows PHP 4 Actual result: -------------- 15323 Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in /home/doldon/html/tdnam/dev.php on line 18 3588 ----------------------------------- 15323 Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in /home/doldon/html/tdnam/dev.php on line 18 8157 - THIS IS THE PROBLEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48147&edit=1