PHP 4.0 Bug #8803: crazy implementation of printf/sprintf

From: mikeb@gbdirect.co.uk Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: crazy implementation of printf/sprintf Whether a bug or a feature, I consider it a serious bug that printf/sprintf do not fully adhere to the formatting rules set out in ANSI/ISO C documentation. In particular, I have just wasted the better part of a day discovering that code which used %.2x to format a 2-digit hex number (worked fine in php3) now just prints nothing using 4.04pl1 Surely the formatting is done using the underlying sprintf function anyhow? If not, then php really should not call this function sprintf() but something that indicates that is not the same. Just my opinion, but it has been very frustrating and seems an unneccessary difference. Mike Banahan Sample code: <? printf(":%.2x:\n", 14); ?> Sample output: X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.4pl1 Content-type: text/html :: -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8803&edit=1