#25140 [NEW]: mb_convert_encoding returns FALSE when it tries to convert empty string ('')

From: hyamamoto at cybozu dot co dot jp Operating system: Linux running on x86 PHP version: 4.3.3RC4 PHP Bug Type: mbstring related Bug description: mb_convert_encoding returns FALSE when it tries to convert empty string ('') Description: ------------ mb_convert_encoding returns FALSE instead of expected empty string when it tries to convert an empty string. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php var_dump( mb_convert_encoding( '', 'SJIS', 'EUC-JP' ) ); ?> Expected result: ---------------- string(0) "" Actual result: -------------- bool(false) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25140&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25140&r=gnused