From: jochem dot blok at fasterforward dot nl
Operating system: Debian
PHP version: 5.2.10
PHP Bug Type: MSSQL related
Bug description: Empty string is returned as NULL, see bug: 39213
Description:
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This is the same bug as reported in bug: 39213. An empty string is
returned as NULL.
Reproduce code:
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$conn = mssql_connect('host','user','password', true);
mssql_query("CREATE TABLE #tmp(c VARCHAR(10) NULL)", $conn) or
die("error querying");
mssql_query("INSERT INTO #tmp VALUES('')", $conn) or die("error
querying");
$res = mssql_query("SELECT * FROM #tmp", $conn) or die("query");
$row = mssql_fetch_assoc($res);
$s = is_null($row['c']) ? 'NULL' : $row['c'];
echo "got -$s-\n";
Expected result:
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var_dump($s) should print string(0) ""
Actual result:
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var_dump($s) print NULL
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Fixed in SVN:
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Fixed in SVN and need be documented:
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Fixed in release:
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Try newer version:
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Not developer issue:
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Expected behavior:
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Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
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register_globals:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49107&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49107&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49107&r=dst
IIS Stability:
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Floating point limitations:
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No Zend Extensions:
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MySQL Configuration Error:
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