Bug->Doc #71453 [Opn]: sscanf() ignores format text after string placeholder

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71453&edit=1 ID: 71453 Updated by: bwoebi@php.net Reported by: dormilich at netscape dot net Summary: sscanf() ignores format text after string placeholder Status: Open -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem Package: *General Issues Operating System: Mac OS X (10.11.3) PHP Version: 5.6.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Marking as doc problem as it actually doesn't document that %s is greedy and will only halt on whitespaces (or null-byte or string end) and doesn't backtrack (unlike regex). But behavior is intentional. For your usage case, use preg_match(). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-01-28 15:02:20] dormilich at netscape dot net this bug occurs for every string placeholder, not just the last one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-01-26 11:14:05] dormilich at netscape dot net Description: ------------ When the format string contains text after the last placeholder, which must be a string (i.e. %s), the variable is not only assigned the intended value, but also the text coming after it. Test script: --------------- <?php sscanf('<report>cf2b27b5556c2ddc</report>', '<report>%s</report>', $hex); echo $hex; ?> Expected result: ---------------- cf2b27b5556c2ddc Actual result: -------------- cf2b27b5556c2ddc</report> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71453&edit=1