#23771 [Bgs->Dup]: 4.3.2RC4 breaks SESSION handling

ID: 23771 User updated by: fdsoft at pganet dot com Reported By: fdsoft at pganet dot com -Status: Bogus +Status: Duplicate Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.2RC4 New Comment: Obviously I did search for "session float" and came up empty. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-23 05:11:26] mgf@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. Because of this, we hope you add your comments to the existing bug instead. Thank you for your interest in PHP. See bug #23761 -- already fixed. A 5-second search would have found you that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-23 04:53:53] fdsoft at pganet dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23771&edit=1