Re: why does trim() remove NUL?

"_lallous" <elias_bachaalany@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20011015134600.22033.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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. Thanks. I guess I should have tried that to see what happens. Interesting. I guess both C and php use an array of char. The difference is that there is no length attribute in C arrays, so you have to mark the end with \0. php arrays have a length attribute, so \0 terminator is unnecessary. -- John A. Grant * I speak only for myself * (remove 'z' to reply) Radiation Geophysics, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa If you followup, please do NOT e-mail me a copy: I will read it here