Bug #65616 [Opn]: json_decode now allows single quoted keys

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65616&edit=1 ID: 65616 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: glenjamin at gmail dot com Summary: json_decode now allows single quoted keys Status: Open Type: Bug Package: JSON related Operating System: CentOS PHP Version: 5.5.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: remi Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Sounds like a json-c bug. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-09-04 15:34:13] glenjamin at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It appears that json_decode is less strict in newer versions of PHP, and allows object keys to be single quoted. Test script: --------------- $ php -v PHP 5.5.3 (cli) (built: Aug 21 2013 17:57:15) Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.0.3-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2013, by Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.2.3, Copyright (c) 2002-2013, by Derick Rethans $ php -r "var_dump(json_decode(\"{'a':1}\"));" class stdClass#1 (1) { public $a => int(1) } Expected result: ---------------- json_decode should return NULL and make the error available through json_last_error() Actual result: -------------- The string is parsed into an object ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65616&edit=1