Bug #76814 [Nab]: file_get_contents fail when maxlen is given null value

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76814&edit=1 ID: 76814 User updated by: adrien dot blandin at gmail dot com Reported by: adrien dot blandin at gmail dot com Summary: file_get_contents fail when maxlen is given null value Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Debian PHP Version: 7.1.21 Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: You're absolutely right. I get the signature from the auto-completion feature of my IDE (PHPStorm). It seems that they have an error and I didn't notice the difference with the manual. All my apologies. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-30 09:49:32] cmb@php.net > Signature of file_get_contents is ($filename, $use_include_path > = false, $context = null, $offset = 0, $maxlen = null) Where did you get this idea from? The PHP manual[1] says the signature is: | string file_get_contents ( string $filename [, bool | $use_include_path = FALSE [, resource $context [, int $offset = 0 | [, int $maxlen ]]]] ) So, the $maxlen parameter doesn't have a default; either pass an argument, or not. [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-30 08:00:38] adrien dot blandin at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Signature of file_get_contents is ($filename, $use_include_path = false, $context = null, $offset = 0, $maxlen = null) so null is an allowed value for maxlen. Yet, when I explicitly gave the default values in my call: file_get_contents($filename, false, null, 0, null), no content is found. If I call the function with only the filename (so default values will be used too), content is found. If I explicitly gave default values for all parameters except maxlen, content is found. Test script: --------------- echo 'default: ' . strlen(file_get_contents($filename)) . PHP_EOL; echo 'without maxlen: ' . strlen(file_get_contents($filename, false, null, 0)) . PHP_EOL; echo 'with maxlen: ' . strlen(file_get_contents($filename, false, null, 0, null)) . PHP_EOL; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76814&edit=1