#20695 [Fbk->NoF]: substr does not always return a string

ID: 20695 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: RNova@gmx.net -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows 98 PHP Version: 4.2.3 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 "Open". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-11-28 04:49:32] jan@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip jan@dahlia ~> php bug_20695.php 1<BR> substr("A",0,1):1<BR> substr("A",0,0):1<BR> substr("A",1,1):<BR> substr("A",1,0):<BR> jan@dahlia ~> php -v PHP 4.4.0-dev (cli) works fine here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-11-28 04:45:55] RNova@gmx.net substr($s,$n,$m) is supposed to always return a string (at least if $s is a string and $n and $m are integers). However: is_string(substr($s,strlen($s),$m)) returns false, so substr did not return a string. Example: echo is_string("")."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",0,1):".is_string(substr("A",0,1))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",0,0):".is_string(substr("A",0,0))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",1,1):".is_string(substr("A",1,1))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",1,0):".is_string(substr("A",1,0))."<BR>\n"; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-11-28 04:40:53] RNova@gmx.net substr($s,$n,$m) is supposed to always return a string (at least if $s is a string and $n and $m are integers). However: is_string(substr($s,strlen($s),$m)) returns false, so substr did not return a string. Example: $s="<AB attr = \n\"value\" >"; echo is_string("")."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",0,1):".is_string(substr("A",0,1))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",0,0):".is_string(substr("A",0,0))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",1,1):".is_string(substr("A",1,1))."<BR>\n"; echo "substr(\"A\",1,0):".is_string(substr("A",1,0))."<BR>\n"; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20695&edit=1