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Bug #22592 Cascading assignments to strings with curly braces broken
Submitted: 2003-03-07 11:40 UTC Modified: 2003-07-24 15:14 UTC
Votes:20
Avg. Score:4.4 ± 0.9
Reproduced:15 of 16 (93.8%)
Same Version:7 (46.7%)
Same OS:8 (53.3%)
From: matteo at beccati dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.0.0b2-dev OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2003-03-07 11:40 UTC] matteo at beccati dot com
When using cascading assignments to strings and curly braces, to change characters within strings, only the last character is changed to the right value. Other characters become NUL (0x00).

<?
$wrong = $correct = 'abcdef';

$correct{1} = '*';
$correct{3} = '*';
$correct{5} = '*';

// This produces the 
$wrong{1} = $wrong{3} = $wrong{5} = '*';

echo $correct."\n".$wrong."\n\n";
echo urlencode($correct)."\n"."\n".urlencode($wrong)."\n";

?>


The resulting output is:

a*c*e*
ace*

a%2Ac%2Ae%2A
a%00c%00e%2A


I also tested it on a old PHP 4.2.0-dev, and it gives the same result.

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 [2003-03-07 12:13 UTC] sniper@php.net
Happens also with 4.3.2-dev. (from today)


 [2003-03-10 13:35 UTC] moriyoshi@php.net
Update version
 [2003-06-16 10:44 UTC] stas@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Fixed in ZE2. 
 [2003-06-17 10:51 UTC] sniper@php.net
Also fixed in PHP 4.3.3-dev (latest STABLE snapshot..)

 [2003-07-17 17:11 UTC] helly@php.net
Reopen since it leaks now
 [2003-07-18 07:48 UTC] sniper@php.net
Doesn't leak in PHP 4.3.3RC2-dev. (only PHP 5)

 [2003-07-24 15:14 UTC] sniper@php.net
Marcus, report the leak in separate bug report.

 [2009-09-21 13:32 UTC] svn@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of dmitry
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=288525
Log: Fixed tests/lang/bug22592.phpt
 
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