note 75999 added to function.substr

Starting from version 5.2.3 if $start is negative and larger then the length of the string, the result is an empty string, while in earlier versions the result was the string itself! substr ("abcdef", -1000); result in 5.2.0 'abcdef' result in 5.2.3 '' This is a small inconsistency, one of those things that makes the life of a PHP programmer like hell. ---- Server IP: 195.70.37.52 Probable Submitter: 213.178.101.196 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75999 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75999 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75999 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php