Req #62922 [NEW]: Truncating entire string should result in string

From: dagguh at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.16 Package: Strings related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Truncating entire string should result in string Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.substr#refsect1-function.substr- description --- Truncating an entire string should result in a string. When $start is equal to strlen($string), an empty string should be returned instead of FALSE. Test script: --------------- var_dump(substr("", 0)); var_dump(substr("a", 1)); var_dump(substr("ab", 2)); Expected result: ---------------- string(0) "" string(0) "" string(0) "" Actual result: -------------- bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62922&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62922&r=mysqlcfg