ID: 24030 Comment by: tyler at nas dot net Reported By: prgallier at yahoo dot com Status: Closed Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 PHP Version: 4.3.2 New Comment:
A temporary work around: "%1.1f" doesn't seem to print the nulls like "%0.1f" does. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-05 00:56:00] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Already fixed in CVS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-05 00:39:08] prgallier at yahoo dot com Using sprintf with a floating point value for a negative number leaves a null character in the string, such as: $num = sprintf("%0.1f", -12.5); $num will contain the following characters within the actual string when printing out: 0x45 0x31 0x32 0x2E 0x35 0x00 This does not occur with non-negative numbers. Try the following for realtime example: <?php $num = sprintf("%0.1f", 12.5); echo "Positive Num: $num<br>\n"; $num = sprintf("%0.1f", -12.5); echo "Negative Num: $num<br>\n"; ?> This is apparently an old bug that's been reintroduced in version 4.3.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24030&edit=1