php.net |  support |  documentation |  report a bug |  advanced search |  search howto |  statistics |  random bug |  login

go to bug id or search bugs for

Bug #41394 dbase_create creates file with corrupted header (correct in 5.2.1)
Submitted: 2007-05-15 08:32 UTC Modified: 2007-05-16 13:17 UTC
From: charley at collins dot ch Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: dBase related
PHP Version: 5.2.2 OS: Gentoo Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
View Developer Edit
Welcome back! If you're the original bug submitter, here's where you can edit the bug or add additional notes.
If you forgot your password, you can retrieve your password here.
Password:
Status:
Package:
Bug Type:
Summary:
From: charley at collins dot ch
New email:
PHP Version: OS:

 

 [2007-05-15 08:32 UTC] charley at collins dot ch 
Description:
------------
Create a dbase File with Version 5.2.2 will get currupted dbase header.
Can not be opened from Excel or Borlands Dbase-Engine



Reproduce code:
---------------
// database "definition"
                                        
$def = array(
            array("date",       "D"),
            array("name",        "C",  50),
            array("age",       "N",   3, 0),
            array("email",       "C", 128),
            array("ismember", "L")
        );
                                                                                                            
// creation
$db = dbase_create("/tmp/test.dbf", $def);

if(!$db) print "<strong>Error!</strong>";
dbase_close($db);

Expected result:
----------------
Hexdump of Dbase File with PHP 5.2.1:
00000000  03 6b 05 0f 00 00 00 00  c1 00 bf 00 00 00 00 00                      
                   ^^
                    Day: 15
                ^^
                 Month: 5
             ^^
              Year from 1900: 107 + 1900 = 2007
          ^^
           Dbase-Version: 3 = Dbase Level 5
        

Actual result:
--------------
Hexdump of corrupted Dbase File PHP 5.2.2:
00000000  03 6b 05 da 00 00 00 00  c1 00 bf 00 00 00 00 00
                   ^^
                    Day: 218    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                ^^
                 Month: 5
             ^^
              Year from 1900: 107 + 1900 = 2007
          ^^
           Dbase-Version: 3 = Dbase Level 5

Patches

Pull Requests

History

AllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commitsRelated reports
 [2007-05-16 13:17 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.
 
PHP Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP Group
All rights reserved. 		Last updated: Tue Apr 01 03:01:29 2025 UTC