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Bug #68932 error in explode with "\e..."
Submitted: 2015-01-28 12:35 UTC Modified: 2015-01-28 15:55 UTC
From: wborba dot dev at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.5Git-2015-01-28 (Git) OS: linux/debian
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 [2015-01-28 12:35 UTC] wborba dot dev at gmail dot com
Description:
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is simple, the code below works in version < 5.5, but version >= 5.5 does not work.

$arr = array("controller" => "IDoc\Home\ecommerce","request_method" => "POST");
$x = $arr["controller"];
$y = explode("\\",$x);
print_r($y);


the result correct is...

Array
(
    [0] => IDoc
    [1] => Home
    [2] => ecommerce
)

but in php >= 5.5 is wrong...

Array
(
    [0] => IDoc 
    [1] => Homecommerce
) 

Test script:
---------------
$arr = array("controller" => "IDoc\Home\ecommerce","request_method" => "POST");
$x = $arr["controller"];
$y = explode("\\",$x);
print_r($y);

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [0] => IDoc
    [1] => Home
    [2] => ecommerce
)

Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [0] => IDoc 
    [1] => Homecommerce
) 

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 [2015-01-28 14:44 UTC] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de
This is not a bug in PHP, but rather a bug in your code, because
you have unescaped backslashes in a string literal. You should
always escape backslashes with a backslash:

  $arr = array(
      "controller" => "IDoc\\Home\\ecommerce",
      "request_method" => "POST"
  );
  
Anyhow, the code worked in PHP < 5.4.4, because neither \H nor \e
were valid escape sequences, but since PHP 5.4.4 \e is a valid
escape sequence for ESC.

See also the PHP manual page "Strings":
<http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php>.
 [2015-01-28 15:55 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2015-01-28 15:55 UTC] laruence@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php


 
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