ID: 39034
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: james dot gauth at gmail dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Assigned
-Bug Type: cURL related
+Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Debian
PHP Version: 4.4.4
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: iliaa
Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-04 09:06:33] james dot gauth at gmail dot com
Description:
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When calling curl_exec() with the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option set to
true, a user expects that curl_exec() will return the string value of
the request.
When the URL of the request in question points to a zero-byte file,
curl_exec() returns bool(true) instead of the expected empty string.
The versions I am using are:
PHP 4.4.4 (cli) (built: Sep 11 2006 10:00:33)
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
CURL Information => libcurl/7.13.2 OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.3
libidn/0.5.13
Reproduce code:
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<?php
// fictional URL to an existing file with no data in it (ie. 0 byte
file)
$url = 'http://www.example.com/empty_file.txt';
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
// execute and return string (this should be an empty string '')
$str = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
// the value of $str is actually bool(true), not empty string ''
var_dump($str);
?>
Expected result:
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string(0) ""
Actual result:
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bool(true)
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