Req #53037 [NEW]: activate FILTER_FLAG_EMPTY_STRING_NULL

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Filter related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:activate FILTER_FLAG_EMPTY_STRING_NULL Description: ------------ Hi, there are any plan for FILTER_FLAG_EMPTY_STRING_NULL ? And why 'NULL' insteed 'FALSE' ? ;) Test script: --------------- $str = ''; $filter = filter_var($str, FILTER_DEFAULT, FILTER_FLAG_EMPTY_STRING_NULL); var_dump($filter); Expected result: ---------------- NULL Actual result: -------------- string(0) "" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53037&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53037&r=mysqlcfg