Bug #78203 [NEW]: date_create function behaves weird if the argument is "a string"

From: masergiu at gmail dot com Operating system: any PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:date_create function behaves weird if the argument is "a string" Description: ------------ DateTime::__construct and its alias, date_create function, are returning weird results for the following cases: 1. date_create('test') => returns false, which is expected according to documentation; 2. date_create('a test') => retuns the DateTime object constructed as "new DateTime('now')", which is not expected. Same is valid for new DateTime() process: 1. new DateTime('test') => throws Exception, which is expected according to documentation; 2. new DateTime('a test') = retuns the DateTime object constructed as "new DateTime('now')", which is not expected. Test script: --------------- php -r "var_dump(date_create('test')); // EXPECTED result" php -r "var_dump(date_create('a test')); // UNEXPECTED result" Expected result: ---------------- For the script below it should return FALSE also: php -r "var_dump(date_create('a test')); // UNEXPECTED result" Actual result: -------------- For the script below it returns DateTime object constructed as "new DateTime('now')": php -r "var_dump(date_create('a test')); // UNEXPECTED result" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78203&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78203&r=mysqlcfg