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Bug #55260 parse_ini_file breaks with ampersand
Submitted: 2011-07-21 11:48 UTC Modified: 2011-07-21 14:35 UTC
From: austinb at inn-soft dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: ubuntu4.9
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-07-21 11:48 UTC] austinb at inn-soft dot com 
Description:
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With an ampersand in the commented section of code, it crashes the function, 
always returns false.

Test script:
---------------
INI FILE
//-- SETUP FEE, INCLUDES LICENSE FOR HBP & TIME TO INSTALL IT
setupFee="79.99";

PHP
var_dump(parse_ini_file('./packageInfo.ini'));

RETURN
bool(false)

INI FILE
//-- SETUP FEE, INCLUDES LICENSE FOR HBP AND TIME TO INSTALL IT
setupFee="79.99";

PHP
var_dump(parse_ini_file('./packageInfo.ini'));

RETURN
array(1) { ["setupFee"]=> string(5) "79.99" }

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 [2011-07-21 14:35 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus -Package: Unknown/Other Function +Package: Filesystem function related
 [2011-07-21 14:35 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
INI comments start with a semi-colon (;), not //. As a result, that line gets 
parsed like any other INI directive, and it's an invalid one, hence the error.
 
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