Bug #69776 [NoF->Nab]: mb_strlen() produces different results from previous PHP versions

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69776&edit=1 ID: 69776 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: martijn at vanderlee dot com Summary: mb_strlen() produces different results from previous PHP versions -Status: No Feedback +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: mbstring related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.6.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The reason you get wrong result is that you haven't set correct char encoding. Use correct char encoding setting, then you'll get consistent result. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-06-21 04:22:18] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-06-08 20:14:45] requinix@php.net Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates all necessary tables, stored procedures etc. Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. The default character encoding changed with PHP 5.6. You were/are relying on its default being (apparently) UTF-8 when that was not the case, thus the incorrect value of 31. Now the default is UTF-8 and you're getting 17. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/default_encoding As to the bug you're reporting, when I use mb_ereg_search_* I get 17 characters. http://3v4l.org/JWP3O ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-06-08 19:47:05] martijn at vanderlee dot com Description: ------------ mb_strlen() on PHP 5.6 sometimes returns different values than the exact same call on previous versions of PHP (tested with 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5). For the given test script, PHP 5.6 returns "17" whereas all other versions return "31". It seems 5.6 is correct, however, when using the mb_ereg_search_* functions, they still return match lengths like PHP 5.5 and before. i.e. they total up to 31 for the entire string. Regardless of which version is right, all multibyte functions should atleast produce consistent results within the same version of PHP. Test script: --------------- echo mb_strlen('από το Άξιον Εστί'); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69776&edit=1