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Doc Bug #79598 update string function docs please
Submitted: 2020-05-14 17:35 UTC Modified: 2020-05-24 04:22 UTC
From: danwassonpgh at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 7.4.6 OS:
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 [2020-05-14 17:35 UTC] danwassonpgh at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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Could the documentation on php.net under  'PHP Manual > Function Reference > Text Processing Strings > String Functions' mention how some of the functions (substr, strpos), handle html special chars? The example in the "Test script" shows the confusion I encountered before learning by coding and running the "Test script". Thank you


Test script:
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$stringA = 'Lorem ipsum, <x> sit amet, consectetur </x> adipiscing';

$substrA1 = substr($stringA, 0, 24);

$substrA2 = substr(htmlspecialchars($stringA), 0, 24);

$stringB = 'Lorem ipsum, xxx sit amet, consectetur xxxx adipiscing';

$substrB1 = substr($stringB, 0, 24);

$substrB2 = substr(htmlspecialchars($stringB), 0, 24);


echo '<pre>';
echo '<br> ..............................|----|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|';
echo '<br> $stringA  as htmlspecialchars |' . htmlspecialchars($stringA) . '|';
echo '<br> $substrA1 as raw              |' . $substrA1 . '|';
echo '<br> $substrA1 as htmlspecialchars |' . htmlspecialchars($substrA1) . '|';
echo '<br> $substrA2 as raw              |' . $substrA2 . '|';
echo '<br> $substrA2 as htmlspecialchars |' . htmlspecialchars($substrA2) . '|';
echo '<br> $stringB  as htmlspecialchars |' . htmlspecialchars($stringB) . '|';
echo '<br> $substrB1 as raw              |' . $substrB1 . '|';
echo '<br> $substrB2 as htmlspecialchars |' . $substrB2 . '|';
echo '<br></pre>';


Actual result:
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 ..............................|----|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|
 $stringA  as htmlspecialchars |Lorem ipsum, <x> sit amet, consectetur </x> adipiscing|
 $substrA1 as raw              |Lorem ipsum,  sit ame|
 $substrA1 as htmlspecialchars |Lorem ipsum, <x> sit ame|
 $substrA2 as raw              |Lorem ipsum, <x> s|
 $substrA2 as htmlspecialchars |Lorem ipsum, &lt;x&gt; s|
 $stringB  as htmlspecialchars |Lorem ipsum, xxx sit amet, consectetur xxxx adipiscing|
 $substrB1 as raw              |Lorem ipsum, xxx sit ame|
 $substrB2 as htmlspecialchars |Lorem ipsum, xxx sit ame|

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 [2020-05-14 18:06 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Package: Documentation problem +Package: Strings related
 [2020-05-14 18:06 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Not sure what you're talking about. substr and most other string functions *do not* handle HTML characters. They don't care.

It seems like the issue you're dealing with is that you're viewing the output from PHP as it's being rendered by your browser. Emphasis on "rendered". Oftentimes you need to be doing a View Source to see the raw output instead.
 [2020-05-24 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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