Re: why does trim() remove NUL?
| From: | _lallous | Date: | Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:42:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: why does trim() remove NUL? | ||
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I guess if strlen() fails it returns 0 and if string has no length then it
also returns zero.
I don't think PHP's strings are zero terminated.
$str = "abc\xab\x00defgh";
echo $str;
outputs: abc½ defgh
and doesn't truncate the string.
"John A. Grant" <jazrant@zsc.nrcan.zc.ca> wrote in message
news:20011015133545.8434.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
> Are PHP strings NUL-terminated? If so, why does trim()
> remove the NUL? After using trim() on a blank line, presumably
> strlen() will return 0. How does strlen() work, if the NUL has
> been removed?
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