Bug #47984 [Com]: COM automation: garbled utf-8 text

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47984&edit=1 ID: 47984 Comment by: giw42161 at uooos dot com Reported by: js at mcs dot be Summary: COM automation: garbled utf-8 text Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: COM related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.2.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: (https://centurylawfirm.in/)gist.github.com Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-04-07 14:48:09] cmb@php.net Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely to be the same. Thank you for your interest in PHP. As amoeba had pointed out: duplicate of bug #37899. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-09 13:39:14] ameoba32 at gmail dot com This bug is known for ages. Here is duplicate http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37899 even patch is available. I have patched php 5.2.3 and it works fine. How to fix this in upcoming release ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-04-16 09:22:47] js at mcs dot be Description: ------------ When using the attached script (saved as UTF-8 without BOM) to generate a word document, at the end of the text typed programmatically into word a "?" character gets added. This character is only visible if I press the inverted "P" button on the toolbar. This is a reduced test case, but in real-world scenarios, visibly garbled text is inserted into word. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php unlink(dirname(__FILE__)."\\test.doc"); $word = new COM("word.application", NULL, CP_UTF8); $word->Visible = false; // hidden $word->Documents->Add(); $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a t?st..."); $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs(dirname(__FILE__)."\\test.doc"); $word->Quit(); $word = null; header("Content-type: text/plain"); echo "wrote file to ".dirname(__FILE__)."\\test.doc"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- The COM automation should accept UTF-8 formatted PHP strings without malforming the string ending when the CP_UTF8 parameter is added. Actual result: -------------- Broken characters at the end of every string containing non-ASCII characters sent via COM automation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47984&edit=1