Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53831&edit=1
ID: 53831
Comment by: dagguh at gmail dot com
Reported by: pallinger at dsd dot sztaki dot hu
Summary: DateInterval constructor does not handle valid ISO
8601 strings
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Date/time related
Operating System: ubuntu linux 10.10
PHP Version: 5.3.5
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso8601#Durations
This decimal fraction may be specified with either a comma or a full stop, as in
"P0,5Y" or "P0.5Y".
Remember to accept both comma and a full stop.
Previous Comments:
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[2011-01-24 18:41:19] pallinger at dsd dot sztaki dot hu
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/dateinterval.construct
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The documentation says that "Each duration period is represented by an integer value followed
by a period designator.", however, the ISO 8601 allows non-integer values for the last number
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations).
This is quite important if I want to parse XML data which contains millisecond-precision durations,
as the seconds will surely not be integers.
Test script:
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<?php
var_dump(new DateInterval('PT1.1S'));
?>
Expected result:
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Should print out a valid DateInterval object, eg.:
object(DateInterval)#1 (8) {
["y"]=>
int(0)
["m"]=>
int(0)
["d"]=>
int(0)
["h"]=>
int(0)
["i"]=>
int(0)
["s"]=>
float(1.1)
["invert"]=>
int(0)
["days"]=>
bool(false)
}
It could also include a millisecond/microsecond/nanosecond field to accomodate additional precision.
However, if the durations that are stored are still integers, it would be difficult to handle
durations like "P0.5Y".
Actual result:
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message
'DateInterval::__construct(): Unknown or bad format (PT1.1S)' in -:1
Stack trace:
#0 -(1): DateInterval->__construct('PT1.1S')
#1 {main}
thrown in - on line 1
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