Bug #52211 [Opn->Csd]: iconv() returns part of string on error

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52211&edit=1 ID: 52211 Updated by: felipe@php.net Reported by: raphgivernaud at yahoo dot fr Summary: iconv() returns part of string on error -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: ICONV related Operating System: Windows Vista PHP Version: 5.3.2 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: felipe New Comment: This bug has been fixed in SVN. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. This bug has been only fixed on trunk, because from what I can see, it might cause BC issue on 5.3 series. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-01 03:11:10] felipe@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of felipe Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=300894 Log: - Fixed bug #52211 (iconv() returns part of string on error) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 15:27:19] raphgivernaud at yahoo dot fr Description: ------------ When the function fails because of illegal characters, the function never returns false Test script: --------------- <?php $str = "PATHOLOGIES MÉDICO-CHIRUR. ADUL. PL"; $str_iconv = iconv('CP850', 'ISO-8859-1', $str ); var_dump($str_iconv); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- string(13) "PATHOLOGIES M" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52211&edit=1