Bug #70697 [NEW]: json_decode fatal error instead of parse error

From: glen at delfi dot ee Operating system: PHP version: 5.6.14 Package: JSON related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:json_decode fatal error instead of parse error Description: ------------ json with "\0000token" causes fatal error when decoding $assoc=true, however it passes with $assoc=false. it should return NULL and set json_last_error flag: ➔ php56 t.php int(1) array(1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["l"]=> array(1) { ["uid"]=> string(0) "" } } } PHP Fatal error: Cannot access property started with '\0' in t.php on line 4 ➔ cat t.php <?php var_dump(1, json_decode('{"foo": {"\u0000l": {"uid":""} } }', true)); var_dump(2, json_decode('{"foo": {"\u0000l": {"uid":""} } }', false)); ➔ -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70697&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70697&r=mysqlcfg