Bug #52262 [Opn->Asn]: json_decode reports no error while returning NULL

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52262&edit=1 ID: 52262 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported by: ross@php.net Summary: json_decode reports no error while returning NULL -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: JSON related Operating System: Linux/Ubuntu PHP Version: 5.3.2 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: scottmac New Comment: That codition in php_json_decode is hit as utf16_len == -2 utf16_len = utf8_to_utf16(utf16, str, str_len); if (utf16_len <= 0) { if (utf16) { efree(utf16); } RETURN_NULL(); } Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-06 11:17:59] ross@php.net Description: ------------ I'm attempting to use json_decode on a relatively long piece of JSON. The JSON is returned successfully by file_get_contents, and is valid according to JSONLint. What I expect to happen is for the JSON to be correctly decoded, or NULL to be returned and json_last_error to be populated with the reason. For some reason NULL is returned and json_last_error remains at 0. I have a feeling that this could be to do with the length of the file (containing a large array of objects). I'm currently using: ross@ross-laptop:/$ php -v PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: May 13 2010 20:01:00) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies Test script: --------------- <?php $raw = file_get_contents("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp/v0001/?gameid=440"); $decoded = json_decode($raw); $errors = array( JSON_ERROR_NONE => "No error has occurred", JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => "The maximum stack depth has been exceeded", JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => "Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded", JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => "Syntax error", //JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => "Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded" ); var_dump("Raw result:", $raw, "\n\n"); var_dump("Decoded result:", $decoded, "\n\n"); var_dump("JSON errors:", $errors[json_last_error()]); Expected result: ---------------- Raw result: (long raw json) Decoded result: object stdClass(1) { (data array) } JSON errors: string "No error has occurred" Actual result: -------------- Raw result: (long raw json) Decoded result: NULL JSON errors: string "No error has occurred" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52262&edit=1