#23778 [NEW]: The keys in dba_fetch() and dba_exists() require a terminating null character.

From: bnies at bluewin dot ch Operating system: SunOS ducati 5.8 Generic_108528- PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: DBM/DBA related Bug description: The keys in dba_fetch() and dba_exists() require a terminating null character. When doing a dba_exists() or dba_fetch() on a ndbm database then one has to attach a "\0" character to the key string that it matches. Configuration: ./configure --prefix=/opt/apache \ --with-apxs2=/opt/apache/bin/apxs \ --enable-safe-mode \ --with-openssl=/opt/openssl \ --with-ldap=/opt/openldap \ --with-imap=/opt/uw-imap \ --with-config-file-path=/opt/apache/conf \ --enable-dba \ --with-dbm \ --with-ndbm Script that explains the problem: $alias = "some string"; $id = dba_open($ALIASES_FILE, 'r', 'ndbm'); $key = dba_firstkey($id); # $key contains trailing \0 char print dba_fetch($alias, $id); # does not match print dba_fetch("$alias\0", $id); # works dba_close($id); Don't know whether it works with other dba handlers or other PHP version. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23778&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23778&r=gnused