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Bug #40009 http_build_query(array()) returns NULL, not empty string
Submitted: 2007-01-03 11:24 UTC Modified: 2007-01-03 23:17 UTC
From: bugs dot php dot net at chsc dot dk Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: URL related
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-01-03 11:24 UTC] bugs dot php dot net at chsc dot dk 
Description:
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http_build_query(array()) returns NULL. According to the documentation, the return type of http_build_query is string.

This can be considered a documentation problem, but I think it would be better to change the function so that it always returns a string.

Reproduce code:
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./php.exe -r "echo gettype(http_build_query(array()));"



Expected result:
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string


Actual result:
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NULL

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 [2007-01-03 23:17 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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