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Bug #39301 ip2long returns unsigned on x86_64 (buggy RETURN_LONG?)
Submitted: 2006-10-30 01:12 UTC Modified: 2006-10-30 09:28 UTC
From: fly2k at bk dot ru Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Network related
PHP Version: 5.1.6 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-10-30 01:12 UTC] fly2k at bk dot ru 
Description:
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$ip='255.255.255.254';
$iplong=ip2long($ip);
print($iplong);

Must print -2 as documented. But on x86_64 returns 4294967294.

Tried on two different hosts - one athlon64 with gentoo, other athlon64 with FC.

Reproduce code:
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$ip='255.255.255.254';
$iplong=ip2long($ip);
print($iplong);

Expected result:
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-2

Actual result:
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4294967294

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 [2006-10-30 07:57 UTC] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com 
actually this is the expected behavior. to obtain the correct result, to what the documentation clearly states.

use the "%u" formatter of sprintf() or printf().

http://php.net/ip2long

and then you will get the correct result both arch
 [2006-10-30 08:42 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
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 [2006-10-30 09:28 UTC] fly2k at bk dot ru 
Can't agree... quote from http://php.net/ip2long:

Because PHP's integer type is signed, and many IP addresses will result in negative integers, you need to use the "%u" formatter of sprintf() or printf() to get the string representation of the unsigned IP address.
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So, interger type is signed, results may be signed, and _IF_I_NEED_ unsigned, I will use %u or so... But what if I dont need and signed is ok for me? I want signed value but on x86_64 I gets unsigned... In any case, any function must return same result for same parameter at any platform, is not?
 
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