#34409 [Com]: concatenating a "\n" to a single character string produces incorrect output

From: Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:38:37 +0000
Subject: #34409 [Com]: concatenating a "\n" to a single character string produces incorrect output
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ID: 34409 Comment by: scottmacvicar at ntlworld dot com Reported By: dskiles at docfinity dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Windows XP sp2 PHP Version: 5.0.5 New Comment: Try this then, though i can't see why it woudl end up one character. Are you sure your using the latest CVS version? Check php -v echo("$val" . PHP_EOL); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-07 17:29:14] dskiles at docfinity dot com I get this result back: string(2) "a " string(3) "a " Does PHP not offer a universal "\n", like Python or Java? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-07 17:24:50] tony2001@php.net Try this code: <?php var_dump("a\n"); var_dump("a\r\n"); ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-07 17:21:04] dskiles at docfinity dot com Scott, I noticed that you were using a UNIX shell, so I fired up Cygwin and tried the same thing on my box. Cygwin: a b c d Windows Shell: ???? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-07 17:13:33] scottmacvicar at ntlworld dot com I can't reproduce this. [scott@devbox www]# php -v PHP 5.0.6-dev (cli) (built: Sep 5 2005 18:38:22) Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.0.5, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies [scott@devbox www]# php bugtest.php a b c d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-07 16:28:39] dskiles at docfinity dot com I tried this with the latest CVS and got the same result. Single character strings: ???? MultiCharacter strings: aa bb cc dd Multiple Newlines: a b c d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/34409 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34409&edit=1

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