#23771 [NEW]: 4.3.2RC4 breaks SESSION handling

From: fdsoft at pganet dot com Operating system: Red Hat Linux 7.3 PHP version: 4.3.2RC4 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: 4.3.2RC4 breaks SESSION handling PHP 4.3.2RC4's session handling seems to be broken. This did not occur with RC3 or any PHP version which came before. The problem seems to be in storing floats in a SESSION. Sample code: // floattest1.php: <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['test1'] = 'abcdefg'; $_SESSION['blah'] = 6542.2; $_SESSION['test2'] = 'gfha'; header('location: floattest2.php'); ?> // floattest2.php: <?php session_start(); echo '<pre>'; var_dump($_SESSION); ?> floattest2's output with 4.3.2RC1 (perfectly good): array(3) { ["test1"]=> string(7) "abcdefg" ["blah"]=> float(6542.2) ["test2"]=> string(4) "gfha" } 4.3.2RC4's buggy output: array(3) { ["test1"]=> string(7) "abcdefg" ["blah"]=> float(6542.2) [";test2"]=> string(4) "gfha" } Notice that "test2" somehow got changed to ";test2". Take a more complex SESSION with more stuff stored inside and you'll see even more weird results. Values changing place with keys and vice versa, variables getting their values unexpectedly changed to NULL and so on. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23771&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23771&r=gnused