#50286 [NEW]: json_decode returns false when leading zeros aren't escaped with double quotes

From: ygbr at me dot com Operating system: Linux Debian Lenny PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: json_decode returns false when leading zeros aren't escaped with double quotes Description: ------------ When parsing a JSON Payload containing integers or floats with leading zeros as values which haven't been escaped using double quotes, json_decode() returns false. Even thought leading zeros are ( most of the times ) irrelevant for integers, the function should at least trim the zeros out and not fail the entire decoding process. JSON returned from some Java JSON generators come with integers containing leading zeros and not escaped by double quotes. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $payload = <<<payload { "test" : 06 } payload; if(!$obj = json_decode($payload)) die("Problems on JSON Parsing the json_decode() function has returned false"); print_r($obj); Expected result: ---------------- stdClass Object ( [test] => 6 ) Actual result: -------------- Problems on JSON Parsing the json_decode() function has returned false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50286&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50286&r=mysqlcfg