Bug #54539 [Opn->Asn]: quotemeta('') returns false

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54539&edit=1 ID: 54539 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: theitzamna at gmail dot com Summary: quotemeta('') returns false -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Bug -Package: *General Issues +Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It's bizarre and inconsistent with pretty much every other escaping function, but looking at SVN, it's also been that way for eleven and a bit years. Rather than break backward compatibility, I'll add a note to the manual. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-15 14:26:13] theitzamna at gmail dot com Description: ------------ http://php.net/manual/en/function.quotemeta.php This document states: >>Return Values >>Returns the string with meta characters quoted. but if an empty string is passed to quotemeta() as an argument a boolean(false) is being returned. Test script: --------------- <?php var_dump(quotemeta("")); ?> Return result for php 5.2.6 and 5.3.5 (MacOS X, Windows, FreeBSD, Ubuntu): >>bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54539&edit=1