#21730 [NEW]: *scanf "%n" conversion flag gives string instead of integer

From: moriyoshi@php.net Operating system: Any PHP version: 5CVS-2003-01-18 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: *scanf "%n" conversion flag gives string instead of integer Try the following script: <?php $foo = "ABC = DEF"; $fmt = "%s = %s %n"; $res_a = array(); /* $res_a[2] is supposed to be a integer value that * represents the number of characters consumed so far */ sscanf($foo, $fmt, $res_a[0], $res_a[1], $res_a[2]); $res_b = sscanf($foo, $fmt); var_dump($res_a); var_dump($res_b); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21730&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21730&r=gnused