Bug #72178 [NEW]: unserialize regression in 5.6.21 and 7.0.6

From: bc at benjamin-cremer dot de Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.6 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:unserialize regression in 5.6.21 and 7.0.6 Description: ------------ When using unserialize() on a serialized string missing the trailing semicolon a notice will be triggered and false will be returned. This is a backwards compatibility break introduced in 5.6.21 and 7.0.6. Test script: --------------- var_dump(unserialize('s:4:"test"')); Expected result: ---------------- string(4) "test" Actual result: -------------- PHP Notice: unserialize(): Error at offset 10 of 10 bytes in php shell code on line 1 bool(false) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72178&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72178&r=mysqlcfg