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Doc Bug #80671 mb_convert_encoding() throws ValueError on invalid encoding
Submitted: 2021-01-26 07:37 UTC Modified: 2021-01-26 19:03 UTC
From: alec at alec dot pl Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 8.0.1 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-01-26 07:37 UTC] alec at alec dot pl 
Description:
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PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught ValueError: mb_convert_encoding(): Argument #3 ($from_encoding) contains invalid encoding "WINDOWS-1253".

Before PHP8 it never threw even a warning, so to me it looks like a BC break which:
1. should throw a warning in PHP 8.0, before it could switch to a fatal error in 8.1.
2. should be mentioned in the migration guide and the documentation.

Reference: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/7850

Test script:
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<?php
mb_convert_encoding("test", "UTF-8", "WINDOWS-1253");

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 [2021-01-26 07:39 UTC] alec at alec dot pl 
BTW, regarding the error message, the encoding is not invalid, it is unsupported.
 [2021-01-26 08:50 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2021-01-26 13:34 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Summary: mb_convert_encoding() throws ValueError unexpectedly +Summary: mb_convert_encoding() throws ValueError on invalid encoding
 [2021-01-26 13:34 UTC] nikic@php.net 
As expected, this already threw a warning since at least PHP 4.3: https://3v4l.org/5cErI

A changelog entry that this throws a ValueError exception since PHP 8.0 is missing through.
 [2021-01-26 18:52 UTC] alec at alec dot pl 
All right, it looks I was mistaken about no warning in earlier versions, but since Roundcube exists I've never saw such a warning (and we're dealing with all kinds of "invalid" encodings). Maybe that has something to do with removal of some code path that was using iconv() before mbstring methods.

So, it is a documentation problem.
 [2021-01-26 19:03 UTC] alec at alec dot pl 
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/blob/9b69cce641a8c34c7efcb34628287d4fadf7bbaf/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_charset.php#L240 explains why I never saw a warning ;)
 [2021-05-01 14:03 UTC] hallberg dot kim at gmail dot com 
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: [80671] Update `mb_convert_encoding`.
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/582
Patch:      https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/582.patch
 [2021-05-03 08:52 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of thinkverse (author) and web-flow (committer)
Revision: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/c9893954e17ec13bf66f54433e72c8af026406cf
Log: Fix #80671: Update `mb_convert_encoding`
 [2021-05-03 08:52 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2021-05-03 10:43 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu
Revision: https://github.com/php/doc-ja/commit/64b6ceceff9238e1b8d2ba435f80c5b8526ff75f
Log: Fix #80671: Update mb_convert_encoding
 
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