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Bug #55562 grapheme_substr() returns false if length parameter is to large
Submitted: 2011-09-01 13:19 UTC Modified: 2011-09-04 18:50 UTC
From: thomas at weinert dot info Assigned: stas (profile)
Status: Closed Package: I18N and L10N related
PHP Version: 5.3.8 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-09-01 13:19 UTC] thomas at weinert dot info 
Description:
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If the input string contains multibyte characters and the length argument is greater then the possible maximum length of the result the function returns false.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(
  grapheme_substr('FOK', 1, 20), // expected: OK
  grapheme_substr('한국어', 1, 20) //expected: 국어
);

Expected result:
----------------
string(2) "OK"
string(6) "국어"

Actual result:
--------------
string(2) "OK"
bool(false)

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 [2011-09-04 17:14 UTC] pajoye@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: stas
 [2011-09-04 17:14 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
I can confirm this bug, but I'm not sure how to fix it correctly. If I fix the 
related logic, the substr tests then partially fail. This function is cryptic and 
should really deserve some comments about what means each variable name and what 
are their goals...
 [2011-09-04 18:49 UTC] stas@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of stas
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=316113
Log: fix bug 55562 - make substr always return rest of the string if length is too long
 [2011-09-04 18:50 UTC] stas@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2011-09-04 18:50 UTC] stas@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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fixed, thanks
 
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