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Bug #52568 Weird length in the end of the string
Submitted: 2010-08-09 10:36 UTC Modified: 2013-02-18 00:34 UTC
From: hananassis at walla dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: *Unicode Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.14 OS: CentOS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-08-09 10:36 UTC] hananassis at walla dot com 
Description:
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For some reason, when you try to cut the string (in hebrew lenguage at least) sometimes you get a wierd box (�) at the end of the string.

the file the database working under UTF-8.

when you test the function at windows-1255 everythings fine.

Test script:
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<?php
echo "<hr />";
echo trim(substr($string,0,10)).'...';
echo "<hr />";
?>

Expected result:
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Not to see the weird box at the end of the string.

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 [2010-08-09 10:38 UTC] pajoye@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2010-08-09 10:38 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we
need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce
this bug ourselves. 

A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>,
is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external 
resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a 
database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates 
all necessary tables, stored procedures etc.

Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report.
 [2012-05-24 12:51 UTC] willem at stuursma dot name 
This is because substr() cuts strings at bytes and not at characters, use 
mb_substr() if you want to cut strings at character positions.
 [2013-02-18 00:34 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.
 
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