Re: [PHP4BETA] explode(), strpos() not binary safe!
| From: | Thies C. Arntzen | Date: | Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:46:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] explode(), strpos() not binary safe! | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.version4 |
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 01:50:02PM +0100, Thies C. Arntzen wrote:
> > hi,
> > i think it's time to make the rest of php4 binary safe.
> >
> > i think we should borrow the libc routines (strstr etc) from OpenBSD (like
> > we did with strlcat & strlcpy) and include our own binary-safe version
> > with a different (mem_str, mem_chr) name in php4
>
> We already have binary-safe equivalents of many string
> functions. Which do you refer to?
explode(), strpos() as an example.
>
> zend_binary_strcmp
> zend_binary_strcasecmp
> php_memnstr (currently only in ext/standard/string.c)
>
> Note that we also need to audit PHP with regard to
> thread-unsafe functions (i.e. strtok, getxxxbyzzz). These
> shall be replaced by their *_r equivalents.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Sascha Schumann
> Consultant
>
>
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