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Bug #76784 idn_to_ascii with UTF46 variant returns false on a string containing 3 dashes
Submitted: 2018-08-23 14:48 UTC Modified: 2018-08-24 07:46 UTC
From: hpwesterlund at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: idn (PECL)
PHP Version: 7.2.1 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-08-23 14:48 UTC] hpwesterlund at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Using PHP 7.2.1 on Ubuntu calling idn_to_ascii with a domain name with three dashes and the variant INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46, the function returns a boolean false.


Test script:
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var_dump(idn_to_ascii('0---0.dk', 0, INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46));

Expected result:
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string '0---0.dk'

Actual result:
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boolean false

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 [2018-08-23 14:49 UTC] hpwesterlund at gmail dot com
-PHP Version: 7.2.9 +PHP Version: 7.2.1
 [2018-08-23 14:49 UTC] hpwesterlund at gmail dot com 
fixed version
 [2018-08-23 15:06 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2018-08-23 15:06 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Is this really about the PECL extension, or is it about the
bundled intl extension?
 [2018-08-23 16:50 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Feedback +Status: Not a bug -Assigned To: cmb +Assigned To:
 [2018-08-23 16:50 UTC] requinix@php.net 
UTS#46 does not allow labels with hyphens in the 3rd and 4th positions.
https://unicode.org/reports/tr46/#Validity_Criteria

The fourth argument to idn_to_ascii would have given you

array(3) {
  ["result"]=>
  string(8) "0---0.dk"
  ["isTransitionalDifferent"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["errors"]=>
  int(32)
}

The error IDNA_ERROR_HYPHEN_3_4.

Meanwhile the domain name 000---0.dk is acceptable.
 [2018-08-24 07:46 UTC] hpwesterlund at gmail dot com 
Cool beans, thanks. Great to know.

As these are valid domain names it does however make the direct way that most packages use this function error prone. For our use they will always have be wrapped in a conditional to handle these.

I'll hopefully be looking forward to support for controlling the CheckHyphens option being added, i.e. bug#76658.
 
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