Req #68979 [Opn]: var_export generates useless empty string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68979&edit=1 ID: 68979 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: chris dot kde at gmail dot com Summary: var_export generates useless empty string Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Variables related Operating System: linux PHP Version: 5.6.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: > Older PHP escaped NULL to \000. However, that was wrong since it was a single-quoted string. This issue had been reported as bug #42272, and fixed with commit 63dcbb7[1] and dc30b00[2], which introduced the overly verbose but correct output. [1] <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=63dcbb73f0223f98c8666cee15e73a60891e0191> [2] <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=dc30b0035d098b6e982c432c8d81919524f1d9fd> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-02-27 05:15:12] yohgaki@php.net http://3v4l.org/hsMCN Older PHP escaped NULL to \000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-02-03 14:37:37] chris dot kde at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Hello, var_export generates useless empty string in some specials cases (tested on 5.6.2) Test script: --------------- $data = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"; var_export($data); echo "\n\n"; $data = "ok\0\0\0ab"; var_export($data); Expected result: ---------------- "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0" 'ok' . "\0\0\0" . 'ab' Actual result: -------------- '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' 'ok' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . '' . "\0" . 'ab' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68979&edit=1