#32124 [NEW]: echo sometimes strips double-quotes from tags

From: daniel dot kauffman at rocksolidsolutions dot org Operating system: WIN98 PHP version: 4CVS-2005-02-27 (stable) PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: echo sometimes strips double-quotes from tags Description: ------------ Echo sometimes strips double-quotes from tags. It seems impossible to echo the following string literal: <a " > Tested on localhost with: PHP 4.3.11-dev as CGI with Apache 1.3.33 on Windows 98 PHP 4.3.10 as CGI with Apache 1.3.33 on Windows 98 Tested remotely with: PHP 4.3.10 as CGI with Apache 1.3.33 on Linux kernal 2.4.28 Reproduce code: --------------- # Echo strips double-quotes from these strings... (unexpected behaviour) echo '<a " >'; echo "<a \" >"; # But does not strip double-quotes from these strings... (exepected behaviour) echo '< " >'; echo "< \" >"; echo '<a a="" >'; echo "<a a=\"\" >"; # Character references are output as character references, not as literal characters... (expected behaviour) echo '< &quot; >'; echo '< &#34; >'; Expected result: ---------------- <a " ><a " >< " >< " ><a a="" ><a a="" >< &quot; >< &#34; > Actual result: -------------- <a ><a >< " >< " ><a a="" ><a a="" >< &quot; >< &#34; > -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32124&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32124&r=mysqlcfg