#21851 [Com]: bizarre!: status replaced with foo1 or nothing

ID: 21851 Comment by: php at glaciersoftware dot com Reported By: keith at lucidts dot com Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: debian linux PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: I'd like to bring this issue up again as I've ran into it many times when dealing with the creating of SQL statements which evaluate a common database/table/column called "status". Below is the error report and how to duplicate it. Problem ======= For some unknown reason, the PHP scripting engine seems to replacing the word "status" with "foo1" when an equal-sign, 0x3d, appears within 6 characters of the word "status". Bug was reported on http://bugs.php.net as Bug #21851, but status was changed to CLOSED after someone was not able to duplicate the problem. Environment =========== The following webservers were used to test the below code for the existance of this problem: PHP 4.2.1 with Apache/1.3.24 running on Linux 2.4.18-3 RedHat 7.3 PHP 4.3.1 with Apache/2.0.43 running on Linux 2.4.20-18.8 RedHat 8.0 Code ==== The following code should replicate the problem. The "<br>\n" appended to the echo() call is used only for readability, the problem will still exist without this string added. ***** START PHP FILE ****** <?php // *** Note the 6 spaces, 0x20, between the word status and the equal-sign // *** the word "status" will be replaced with "foo1" $buf = "status = 'C' "; echo($buf . "<br>\n"); // *** The number of spaces has been changed from 6 to 7 // *** now it doesn't replace "status" with "foo1" $buf = "status = 'C' "; echo($buf . "<br>\n"); ?> ***** END PHP FILE ******** Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-27 22:46:54] keith at lucidts dot com can't figure this one out ... but i'm closing it b/c it appears to be a windows problem and/or virus and/or someone having fun at my expense ... i can't reproduce it only any other platform and only on computers that i have been using recently ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-24 03:27:06] sniper@php.net Try changing your error_reporting to E_ALL and you'll see the problem. And what use is it to have empty name for select tag? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-24 03:26:50] keith at lucidts dot com derick in your email that i received when you posted i could see <select name='s t a t u s' size="1"> using squirrelmail ... a php imap client BUT browsing this thread online (same computer and same browser as the imap client, XP home and IE respectively) ... no "s t a t u s"! anyone browsing this thread on a mac using IE perchance? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-24 03:19:32] keith at lucidts dot com update ... ok this may not be a php problem afterall ... although i can reproduce it on every windows machine i've tried but on every lynx and conquerer it comes out as expected ... the mystery continues .... additional note ... i've tried with both netscape and ie on xp and 98 problem persists from 4 different computers (2 at the office 2 at home) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-24 03:06:41] derick@php.net Looks fine here: <select name='status' size="1"> Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/21851 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21851&edit=1