note 85506 deleted from function.strtotime by googleguy

From: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:02:44 +0000
Subject: note 85506 deleted from function.strtotime by googleguy
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Note Submitter: Carl ---- strtotime returns time() for any string that begins with "eat" (case insensitive): <?php var_dump(strtotime('10 September 2000')); # int(968569200) var_dump(strtotime('10 September 2000 asdfasdfasdf'));# bool(false) var_dump(strtotime('asdfasdfasdf 10 September 2000'));# bool(false) var_dump(strtotime('eat')); # int(1220358823) var_dump(strtotime('eat asdfasdfasdf')); # int(1220358823) var_dump(strtotime('asdfasdf eat')); # bool(false) ?> You'll notice that 'eat.*' will always be a valid timestamp, so just using strtotime($is_it_a_time) will return a false positive on "eat a sandwich"

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