Req #79762 [Com]: ord should throw ValueError exception on empty string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79762&edit=1 ID: 79762 Comment by: raincomplain at outlook dot com Reported by: raincomplain at outlook dot com Summary: ord should throw ValueError exception on empty string Status: Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Strings related PHP Version: 8.0.0alpha1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: ord will return non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE ord("\u{0000}") // 0 This makes returning false sub-optimal, anyhow mb_ord already throws ValueError so I think it would be proper for ord to throw an exception just like mb_ord. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-07-01 01:13:02] requinix@php.net Throwing an exception seems rather extreme. Is there a problem with returning false like many other functions already do? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-07-01 00:21:49] raincomplain at outlook dot com Description: ------------ Empty string in PHP doesn't equal U+0000 which is why mb_ord will not return 0 when passing empty string. On the other hand, ord will not complain about passing empty string. I know ord is not aware of any string encoding but this behavior however leads to a wrong assumption that empty string === U+0000 which in turn leads to bugs like https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69162 So one might think if var_dump(ord('') === 0); // true And var_dump(ord("\u{0000}") === 0); // true Then the following must be true var_dump("\u{0000}" === ''); // false Test script: --------------- var_dump(ord('')); Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ord(): Argument #1 ($str) must not be empty Actual result: -------------- int(0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79762&edit=1