Bug #77655 [Fbk->NoF]: Long String in Return Value is Empty

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77655&edit=1 ID: 77655 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: marc dot ruef at computec dot ch Summary: Long String in Return Value is Empty -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Bug Package: Strings related Operating System: Linux Kernel 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7 PHP Version: 7.3.2 Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-02-22 09:56:52] nikic@php.net Can you please provide a full reproduction script including the $result array that you're using? (Can just be some generated dummy data that produces this issue). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-02-22 09:52:11] marc dot ruef at computec dot ch Description: ------------ I am having a for loop which is iterating through a large array $result. Every array item $row is used to generate a new line of string $line. This string is concatenated into $str. To preserve memory, I am using unset($result[$i]) to clear every array item that has been processed in the original array. This (more or less exotic piece of code) works unless the string exceeds a length of 999'775 characters. In this case the return value is just empty. This is highly irritating because: 1. The calculation effort (in this example do_something()) is not a problem. By using echo count($result).' - '.strlen($str)."\n" I can see that the loop finishes properly. There is no web server or php error shown. 2. The memory_limit is also not a problem. I am working with more data on other parts of the application. It appears that the problem lies in return $str itself. If I am using return substr($str, 0, 980000) then it just works fine. I can't put those exceeding return value strings into another string variable. But I am able to do a strlen() to get a proper result (1310307). But I can't use them properly as a string. Using an echo $str in the function works properly. But return doesn't. Test script: --------------- function what_is_going_on($result){ $resultcount = count($result); for($i=0; $i<$resultcount; ++$i){ $row = $result[$i]; $line = do_something($row); $str.= $line; unset($result[$i]); } return $str; } $output = what_is_going_on($result); echo $output; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77655&edit=1