Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62922&edit=1
ID: 62922 Updated by: larue...@php.net Reported by: dagguh at gmail dot com Summary: Truncating entire string should result in string Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Strings related PHP Version: 5.3.16 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: what can we gain from changing this? except the bc break? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-24 10:16:57] dagguh at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- >From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.substr#refsect1-function.substr- description --- Truncating an entire string should result in a string. When $start is equal to strlen($string), an empty string should be returned instead of FALSE. Test script: --------------- var_dump(substr("", 0)); var_dump(substr("a", 1)); var_dump(substr("ab", 2)); Expected result: ---------------- string(0) "" string(0) "" string(0) "" Actual result: -------------- bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62922&edit=1
