Bug #71453 [NEW]: sscanf() ignores format text after string placeholder

From: dormilich at netscape dot net Operating system: Mac OS X (10.11.3) PHP version: 5.6.17 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:sscanf() ignores format text after string placeholder Description: ------------ When the format string contains text after the last placeholder, which must be a string (i.e. %s), the variable is not only assigned the intended value, but also the text coming after it. Test script: --------------- <?php sscanf('<report>cf2b27b5556c2ddc</report>', '<report>%s</report>', $hex); echo $hex; ?> Expected result: ---------------- cf2b27b5556c2ddc Actual result: -------------- cf2b27b5556c2ddc</report> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71453&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71453&r=mysqlcfg