#27848 [Opn->Bgs]: stripslashes removes single trailing slash
ID: 27848
Updated by: iliaa@php.net
Reported By: spam at pasher dot org
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Strings related
Operating System: Debian (Linux 2.4.18-bf2.4)
PHP Version: 4.3.4
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When you create the string \\ gets converted to \, which is
why the slash gets stripped by stripslashes().
Previous Comments:
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[2004-04-02 20:50:23] spam at pasher dot org
Description:
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The stripslashes() function strips off a single trailing \ when
altering a string. I can see that according to bug report
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19947 , this
function is not supposed to
be an exact opposite of addslashes(), but it seems as thought a string
that ends in a single \ should not have that slash removed, as the
slash is not actually backslashing any part of the string. The only
reasoning I could see behind this is that either any slash is stripped
by stripslashes, or the \0 stored at the end of the C code string to
terminate it (but not actually part of the PHP code string) is
considered a character being "escaped".
If stripslashes() is designed to simple strip any slash from a string,
it seems like the design should be rethought a bit, as it can
potentially produced undesired results.
Reproduce code:
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<?
echo stripslashes("this is a test\\");
?>
Expected result:
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Displays "this is a test\"
Actual result:
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Displays "this is a test"
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