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Doc Bug #54539 quotemeta('') returns false
Submitted: 2011-04-15 14:26 UTC Modified: 2011-04-19 08:21 UTC
From: theitzamna at gmail dot com Assigned: aharvey (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-04-15 14:26 UTC] theitzamna at gmail dot com 
Description:
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http://php.net/manual/en/function.quotemeta.php

This document states:

>>Return Values
>>Returns the string with meta characters quoted.

but if an empty string is passed to quotemeta() as an argument a boolean(false) 
is being returned.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(quotemeta(""));
?>

Return result for php 5.2.6 and 5.3.5 (MacOS X, Windows, FreeBSD, Ubuntu):
>>bool(false)

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 [2011-04-19 08:18 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Package: *General Issues +Package: Documentation problem -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey
 [2011-04-19 08:18 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
It's bizarre and inconsistent with pretty much every other escaping function, but looking at SVN, it's also been that way for eleven and a bit years. Rather than break backward compatibility, I'll add a note to the manual.
 [2011-04-19 08:21 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=310344
Log: Update the return value section of quotemeta() to fix doc bug #54539
(quotemeta('') returns false).
 [2011-04-19 08:21 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2011-04-19 08:21 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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