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Bug #68274 vsprintf miscounts argument count
Submitted: 2014-10-21 13:55 UTC Modified: 2014-10-21 19:25 UTC
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Reproduced:0 of 1 (0.0%)
From: eep at mailinator dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
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 [2014-10-21 13:55 UTC] eep at mailinator dot com 
Description:
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vsprintf() doesn't validate formatting strings, seems to only count percent signs (followed by pretty much anything). For example, '%)' expects one parameter.

Test script:
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<?php

vsprintf('(foo %) bar');

Actual result:
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Warning: Wrong parameter count for vsprintf() in /vsprintf.php on line 2

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 [2014-10-21 14:34 UTC] eep at mailinator dot com
-: viagra dot salesman at gmail dot com +: eep at mailinator dot com
 [2014-10-21 14:34 UTC] eep at mailinator dot com 
I just realized the provided test script is bad, since second parameter is not optional.

However, even with some parameters, the argument count is still counted wrong.

printf('%s (foo %) bar', 'test');

..produces the same warning.
 [2014-10-21 17:11 UTC] php at mcq8 dot be 
As described in the docs (http://be2.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php), you need to use %% to have the literal percent character.
 [2014-10-21 19:25 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-10-21 19:25 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
 
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