#30033 [Opn]: unpack('n') never returns negative values

ID: 30033 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: jsgoupil at lookstrike dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: WinXP - Linux PHP Version: 5.0.1 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: yannick New Comment: We usually state translation bugs as bogus but I hope French translation team close this soon. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-09 08:26:10] jsgoupil at lookstrike dot com OMG, i saw your message and I was angry ! but i check and in French it is written "entier court signé" so it means "signed short" It means that there is a doc error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-09 08:04:34] derick@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. http://php.net/pack: n unsigned short (always 16 bit, big endian byte order) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-09 06:21:40] jsgoupil at lookstrike dot com Description: ------------ With the following code, i receive the max positive value. Same error in PHP4.3.7. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $val = -1; $val2 = pack('n',$val); $val3 = unpack('nint',$val2); echo $val3['int']; ?> Expected result: ---------------- -1 Actual result: -------------- 65535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30033&edit=1