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Bug #71718 json_decode produce error when decoding null
Submitted: 2016-03-05 17:19 UTC Modified: 2016-03-05 17:46 UTC
From: noskov dot vlad at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: JSON related
PHP Version: 7.0.4 OS: Darwin Kernel Version 15.3.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-03-05 17:19 UTC] noskov dot vlad at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Starting from v.7.0  after calling json_decode(null), json_last_error() return JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX. For earlier versions it return 0.

https://3v4l.org/VSIXH

Test script:
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<?php

json_decode(null);
var_dump(json_last_error());

Expected result:
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json_last_error() return 0

Actual result:
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json_last_error() return JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX

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 [2016-03-05 17:46 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2016-03-05 17:46 UTC] nikic@php.net 
This is an intentional change. null interpreted as a string is "", and that's not valid JSON.
 
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