Bug #52836 [NEW]: iconv //TRANSLIT property not functioning as it should

From: Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:iconv //TRANSLIT property not functioning as it should Description: ------------ This bug was discovered in libiconv 1.11 The //TRANSLIT property seems to be discarded. While passing this property and encountering characters as € it handles as if you used the plain variant on it. See test case below, this is the example given in the PHP docs (http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php) Test script: --------------- <?php $text = "This is the Euro symbol '€'."; echo 'Original : ', $text, PHP_EOL; echo 'TRANSLIT : ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT", $text), PHP_EOL; echo 'IGNORE : ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//IGNORE", $text), PHP_EOL; echo 'Plain : ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", $text), PHP_EOL; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Original : This is the Euro symbol '€'. TRANSLIT : This is the Euro symbol 'EUR'. IGNORE : This is the Euro symbol ''. Plain : Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in .\iconv- example.php on line 7 This is the Euro symbol ' (Example on http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php) Actual result: -------------- Original : This is the Euro symbol '€'. TRANSLIT : Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in D:\Web\Webroot\test.php on line 6 This is the Euro symbol ' IGNORE : This is the Euro symbol ''. Plain : Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in D:\Web\Webroot\test.php on line 8 This is the Euro symbol ' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52836&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52836&r=mysqlcfg