From: Operating system: Linux/Ubuntu PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: JSON related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:json_decode reports no error while returning NULL
Description: ------------ I'm attempting to use json_decode on a relatively long piece of JSON. The JSON is returned successfully by file_get_contents, and is valid according to JSONLint. What I expect to happen is for the JSON to be correctly decoded, or NULL to be returned and json_last_error to be populated with the reason. For some reason NULL is returned and json_last_error remains at 0. I have a feeling that this could be to do with the length of the file (containing a large array of objects). I'm currently using: r...@ross-laptop:/$ php -v PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: May 13 2010 20:01:00) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies Test script: --------------- <?php $raw = file_get_contents("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp/v0001/?gameid=440"); $decoded = json_decode($raw); $errors = array( JSON_ERROR_NONE => "No error has occurred", JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => "The maximum stack depth has been exceeded", JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => "Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded", JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => "Syntax error", //JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => "Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded" ); var_dump("Raw result:", $raw, "\n\n"); var_dump("Decoded result:", $decoded, "\n\n"); var_dump("JSON errors:", $errors[json_last_error()]); Expected result: ---------------- Raw result: (long raw json) Decoded result: object stdClass(1) { (data array) } JSON errors: string "No error has occurred" Actual result: -------------- Raw result: (long raw json) Decoded result: NULL JSON errors: string "No error has occurred" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52262&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52262&r=mysqlcfg