PHP 4.0 Bug #7555 Updated: flatfile dbmfetch loses first char if datum length exceeds 9 chars

ID: 7555 Updated by: sniper Reported By: yoshinori.kawahara@compaq.com Status: Open Bug Type: DBM/DBA related Assigned To: Comments: reclassified Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-31 15:20:58] yoshinori.kawahara@compaq.com <? $db = dbmopen('req.db', "n"); $in = "1234567890"; dbminsert($db, "ID", $in); $out = dbmfetch($db, "ID"); dbmclose($db); echo "in -$in-n"; echo "out -$out-n"; ?> am using the distribution "Win32 Binaries packaged as zip" from http://www.php3.org/downloads.php filename : php-4.0.3pl1-Win32.zip save code as say db.php3 run in dos window to exclude interference from webserver d:tmp>phpphp.exe db.php3 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.3pl1 Content-type: text/html in -1234567890- out -234567890- As you can see the first char is dropped. For anything up to 9 chars everythings OK. More than 9, first char is dropped. Tried using all alhpa strings, same behaviour. Looked at req.db flat file database, everything looks ok there. 2<nl> ID10<nl> 1234567890 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7555