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Bug #69751 Change Error message of sprintf/printf for missing/typo position specifier
Submitted: 2015-06-03 11:59 UTC Modified: 2021-01-06 16:20 UTC
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Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: Hoffmann dot P at gmx dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 5.5.25 OS: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-06-03 11:59 UTC] Hoffmann dot P at gmx dot net 
Description:
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I suggest a more comprehensible error message (see suggestion in "Expected result"). The current error message was missunderstood by me as "The number of arguments of the function is zero (and must be greater than zero)". Instead it was the number of the position specifier argument that was missing (type, "$" and "1" where reversed).

Test script:
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sprintf("%$1s, %2$s %1$s", "Sir", "Yes");

Expected result:
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Missing position specifier number in /home/ber/Code/Kompetenztest/org/ValiditätEingabe/class_test.php on line $line

Actual result:
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Argument number must be greater than zero in /home/ber/Code/Kompetenztest/org/ValiditätEingabe/class_test.php on line $line

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 [2015-06-04 12:04 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: SPL related +Package: Strings related
 [2015-06-04 12:04 UTC] cmb@php.net 
See <http://3v4l.org/CPIng> for a corrected test script.
 [2021-01-06 16:14 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2021-01-06 16:14 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Yes, that error message is not right.  You also get the same error
message if the argnum is greater than INT_MAX[1].

[1] <https://3v4l.org/gs2fF>
 [2021-01-06 16:20 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Type: Feature/Change Request +Type: Bug
 [2021-09-29 10:22 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of Flashwade1990 (author) and nikic (committer)
Revision: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/41df5c0675daf1bb1d86e5e53e75490e3e0614bf
Log: Fix bug #69751
 [2021-09-29 10:22 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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