Bug #70018 [Opn]: exec does not strip all whitespace

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70018&edit=1 ID: 70018 User updated by: robbert at muze dot nl Reported by: robbert at muze dot nl Summary: exec does not strip all whitespace Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Program Execution Operating System: Debian jessie PHP Version: master-Git-2015-07-08 (Git) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: forgot to add, the expected output is from the following php version PHP 5.6.9-1 (cli) (built: May 22 2015 10:48:57) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-07-08 08:17:45] robbert at muze dot nl Description: ------------ exec does not remove the first char in a line of output, if it is whitespace if the line only contains " \n" the " " isn't striped Test script: --------------- <?php $output = array(); exec('/bin/echo -n -e "abc\f\n \n"',$output); var_dump($output); Expected result: ---------------- array(2) { [0]=> string(3) "abc" [1]=> string(0) "" } Actual result: -------------- array(2) { [0]=> string(3) "abc" [1]=> string(1) " " } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70018&edit=1