Req #81244 [Opn->Wfx]: make *printf() function Unicode-aware

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81244&edit=1 ID: 81244 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: flightvision at googlemail dot com Summary: make *printf() function Unicode-aware -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Unicode Issues PHP Version: 8.0.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: printf() widths are in terms of bytes, and this isn't going to change. Please use mb_substr() or grapheme_substr() to truncate a string to a certain number of characters, depending on which notion of "character" you wish to use (I would recommend extended grapheme clusters, if you don't want to "truncate" away combining characters etc). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-07-11 10:21:11] flightvision at googlemail dot com Description: ------------ The *printf() functions are having problems if strings contain non-ASCII characters. Test script: --------------- echo sprintf('%3.3s', 'ö12345'); echo sprintf('%3.3s', '12ö345'); Expected result: ---------------- ö12 12ö Actual result: -------------- ö1 12� ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81244&edit=1