#32536 [NEW]: Unserialize() and booleans

From: AxelLuttgens at swing dot be Operating system: n/a PHP version: 4.3.10 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Unserialize() and booleans Description: ------------ The docs state that unserialize() may return an integer, float, string, array or object. But it may also return a boolean: $bool = TRUE; $serbool = serialize($bool); $unserbool = unserialize($serbool); echo $serbool, '/', gettype($unserbool), '/', $unserbool? 'TRUE': 'FALSE'; --> b:1;/boolean/TRUE Changing TRUE to FALSE in the above yields: --> b:0;/boolean/FALSE The problem is that a FALSE value is by itself undistinguishable from an unserialization error, not that unserialize() cant' return a boolean. HTH, Axel -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32536&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32536&r=mysqlcfg