Bug #70487 [NEW]: pack('x') produces an error

From: norbert at linuxnetworks dot de Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04 PHP version: 7.0.0RC2 Package: Strings related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:pack('x') produces an error Description: ------------ Due to a recent change, pack('x') generates the following error in 7.0 only: pack() expects at least 2 parameters, 1 given Changing it to pack('x', null) generates another error: Unused parameter Test script: --------------- <?php echo pack('x'); echo pack('x', null); Expected result: ---------------- A NULL byte -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70487&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70487&r=mysqlcfg