Bug #76583 [NEW]: Valid JSON string can't be decoded

From: clark at electrobeat dot dk Operating system: debian stretch PHP version: 7.2.7 Package: *XML functions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Valid JSON string can't be decoded Description: ------------ This JSON can't be decoded https://dynaccount.dk/ocr.txt json_decode() returns NULL Have tested it in both PHP 7.0.27 and PHP 7.2.7 Test script: --------------- $f = file_get_contents('/root/ocr.txt'); echo "json: $f\n"; echo "array:\n"; print_r(json_decode($f, true)); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76583&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76583&r=mysqlcfg