From: prgallier at yahoo dot com
Operating system: Linux 2.4.20
PHP version: 4.3.2
PHP Bug Type: Strings related
Bug description: sprintf with negative floating point type leaves null in string
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.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24030&edit=1
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Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24030&r=notwrong
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PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24030&r=php3
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