From: sivann at cs dot ntua dot gr
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.1.4
PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function
Bug description: erroneous parameter check in substr_compare
Description:
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substr_compare shouldn't output warning and return FALSE if the "length"
parameter *equals* the length of main_str. It should do that only if
length > strlen(main_str).
Moreover an invalid error is returned: "The start position cannot exceed
initial string length" even if specifying start position 0.
This error didn't exist in version 5.1.0.
Reproduce code:
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echo substr_compare("abcd","abcd",0,4);
Expected result:
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it should do the same as this (return 0):
echo substr_compare("abcd","abcd",0);
Actual result:
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Warning: substr_compare() [function.substr-compare]: The start position
cannot exceed initial string length in ...
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Fixed in release:
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37394&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37394&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37394&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37394&r=submittedtwice
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PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37394&r=php3
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