From:             joey
Operating system: all
PHP version:      5.4.0
Package:          JSON related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:json_encode() incorrectly truncates/discards information

Description:
------------
When json_encode() cannot correctly encode its argument into JSON, the
expected 
behaviour is that it will return false, and people can check
json_last_error() to 
see why it failed. Currently, it will replace all data it could not encode
with 
the string 'null'. This can lead to what appears to be silently discarding
data.

Test script:
---------------
<?php

var_dump(json_encode(chr(215)), json_last_error());


Expected result:
----------------
bool(false)
int(5)


Actual result:
--------------
string(4) 'null'
int(5)


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Fixed in SVN:                        
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: 
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=alreadyfixed
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Need Reproduce Script:               
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Try newer version:                   
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Not developer issue:                 
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=support
Expected behavior:                   
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     
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Submitted twice:                     
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register_globals:                    
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PHP 4 support discontinued:          
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Daylight Savings:                    https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=dst
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Floating point limitations:          
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61537&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  
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MySQL Configuration Error:           
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