#35978 [NEW]: %n format string specifier wrongly implemented

From: sesser@php.net Operating system: irrelevant PHP version: 6CVS-2006-01-12 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: %n format string specifier wrongly implemented Description: ------------ %n is wrongly implemented in our low level printf functions. When %n is used, it does not only write the char counter but also agains outputs whatever is in the current string buffer. => crash when %n is used first. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35978&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35978&r=mysqlcfg