Doc #53935 [NEW]: Wrong Return Value for substr()

From: Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.17 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Wrong Return Value for substr() Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.substr#Changelog --- According to the "Changelog" this function should return FALSE for substr('abc', - 7) in 5.2.2+. The actual return value is 'abc' in version 5.2.16. Did not test 5.2.17, but the manual is obviously wrong. Test script: --------------- echo substr('abc', -7); Expected result: ---------------- No output. Actual result: -------------- abc -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53935&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53935&r=mysqlcfg