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Bug #29034 wordwrap() returns boolean when given an empty string
Submitted: 2004-07-06 18:59 UTC Modified: 2004-07-07 00:17 UTC
From: michaels at crye-leike dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.3.7 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-07-06 18:59 UTC] michaels at crye-leike dot com 
Description:
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The wordwrap() function returns a boolean when given an empty string as the first parameter.  If the string is not empty, a string is returned as indicated by the documentation.

Reproduce code:
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print gettype(wordwrap(''))."\n";

Expected result:
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string

Actual result:
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boolean

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 [2004-07-07 00:17 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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