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Bug #47152 gzseek/fseek using SEEK_END produces strange results
Submitted: 2009-01-19 18:31 UTC Modified: 2009-01-20 15:45 UTC
From: d_kelsey at uk dot ibm dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Zlib related
PHP Version: 5.2.8 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-01-19 18:31 UTC] d_kelsey at uk dot ibm dot com
Description:
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I have opened a .gz file using gzopen for reading.
I can pass SEEK_END with offset of 0 (which would seek to the end of the file) using either fseek or gzseek as a whence. This returns -1 (a failure), but a subsequent gztell/ftell returns false, but I can still read the stream from the position it was last in. 

The issue is
1. is a whence of SEEK_END supported for a zlib stream ? If it is then SEEK_END is very broken as it doesn't move it to the end of the stream.

2. if not supported, I should get a warning saying invalid parameter. Also a subsequent call to gztell/ftell returns false.a further read and gztell/ftell returns an incorrect value 

I couldn't find any information to say it was not a valid value so assumed that it was valid.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
//004.txt.gz taken from zlib test directory
//first 20 bytes are: "When you're taught t"
$f = dirname(__FILE__)."/004.txt.gz";
$h = gzopen($f, 'r'); 
//read the first 10
var_dump(gzread($h, 10));
echo "move to the end\n";
echo "gzseek=";
var_dump(gzseek( $h, 0, SEEK_END ) );
echo "tell=";
var_dump(gztell($h));
echo "eof=";
var_dump(gzeof($h));
//read the next 10
var_dump(gzread($h, 10));
echo "tell=";
var_dump(gztell($h));
?>

Expected result:
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If SEEK_END is not valid:
string(10) "When you'r"
move to the end
gzseek=
Warning: gzseek() SEEK_END not supported
tell=int(10)
eof=bool(false)
string(10) "e taught t"
tell=int(20)

if SEEK_END is valid:
string(10) "When you'r"
move to the end
gzseek=int(0)
tell=int(176)
eof=bool(true)
string(0) ""
tell=int(176)

Actual result:
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string(10) "When you'r"
move to the end
gzseek=int(-1)
tell=bool(false)
eof=bool(false)
string(10) "e taught t"
tell=int(9)

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 [2009-01-20 13:35 UTC] d_kelsey at uk dot ibm dot com
There is also a problem using SEEK_END when opening a file for write mode.

for example
<?php
$file = "test.txt.gz";
$h = gzopen($file, 'w');
gzwrite($h, "first sentence.");
gzseek($h, 0, SEEK_END);
var_dump(gztell($h));
gzwrite($h, "second sentence.");
var_dump(gztell($h));
gzclose($h);

$h = gzopen($file, 'r');
gzpassthru($h);
gzclose($h);
unlink($file)
?>

results in:
bool(false)
int(15)
first sentence.second sentence.

So the gztell results of bool(false)and then int(15) are both incorrect. Yet the file did get written correctly.
 [2009-01-20 13:36 UTC] d_kelsey at uk dot ibm dot com
I would expect the gzseek to fail for SEEK_END on a write as this doesn't make any sense. The file pointer should not move which is the case but it seems that the tell value has been corrupted.
 [2009-01-20 15:45 UTC] felipe@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Hi,the SEEK_END actually is not supported.
I've added a warning when it's used.

Thanks.
 
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